Case Name: POROUS MEDIA LTD., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. PERRY EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-03-15
Citations: 89 F. App'x 467
Docket Number: No. 02-20559
Parties: POROUS MEDIA LTD., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. PERRY EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, DUHÉ and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 89
Pages: 467–467

Head Matter:
POROUS MEDIA LTD., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. PERRY EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.
No. 02-20559.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 15, 2004.
Alfred H Edwall, Jr, Edwall Law Office, Little Canada, MN, Robert Joseph Tansey, Jr, Anthony Ostlund & Baer, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.
Ronald William Johnson, Mark Edward Smith, Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith, Dallas, TX, for Defendant Counter Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, DUHÉ and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
For the following reasons we affirm the judgment of the district court:
First, this Lanham Act case is an appeal from a jury verdict that found against the plaintiff, Porous Media. Porous Media had sought monetary damages, contending that the defendant, Perry Equipment Corporation, made literally false statements about its product. The issues presented in this case were classic issues for a jury to decide and, in this case, the jury decided against the plaintiff. The evidence is plainly sufficient to sustain the jury verdict.
Second, we conclude that the court committed no reversible error in its instructions or in the verdict form. Neither the theory of the case nor the evidence presented required a "tendency to deceive" instruction, nor is Porous Media entitled to an instruction that would allow the jury to presume injury.
Third, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to admit the rebuttal evidence in the form of a videotaped test performed by Porous Media purporting to use Perry Equipment's own test conditions.
In sum, a jury has spoken and the record is free of any reversible procedural or other errors. Consequently, the judgment of the district court dismissing the complaint, as well as the counterclaims in this case, is
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.