SULZER MIXPAC AG v. A&N TRADING CO.

Docket No. 19-2951 August Term, 2020.

988 F.3d 174 (2021)

SULZER MIXPAC AG, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. A&N TRADING COMPANY, A&N Trading Co., Ltd., and Sung Bin An, aka Tony An, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSHUA B. KATZ , Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, ( Jack A. Gordon , on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants A&N Trading Co., A&N Trading Co., Ltd. and Sung Bin An, aka Tony An.

MICHAEL T. MURPHY , Global IP Counselors, LLP ( Daniel Hwang , Suzanne E. Konrad , on the brief), Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee Sulzer Mixpac AG.

Charles D. Cole, Jr. , Newman Myers Kreines Harris, P.C. (on the brief), New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee Sulzer Mixpac AG.

Before: JACOBS, POOLER, and BIANCO, Circuit Judges.


If a product's trade dress is functional, there can be no trade dress protection. The functionality doctrine is at the core of the parties' dispute. Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee Sulzer Mixpac AG ("Mixpac") and Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants A&N Trading Company, A&N Trading Co., Ltd., and Sung Bin An...

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