Court Opinion

ID: 9448376
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 23:33:56.372253+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:24.538179
License: Public Domain

CASTLE, Circuit Judge
(dissenting in part).
The record does not support a finding or conclusion that the defendant marked its vitamin food supplement with “Fuller” in an effort to trade on plaintiff’s reputation. There is no evidence that plaintiff lost any sales by reason of defendant’s use of “Fuller” on its vitamin food supplement; that plaintiff reduced its price because of sales by defendant; that plaintiff’s reputation was harmed by defendant’s sales; or that plaintiff made expenditures to prevent prospective customers from being misled. In my opinion there is no basis in the record for the award of any damages to plaintiff.
I would reverse the judgment in so far as it decrees that plaintiff is entitled to damages (either actual or measured by defendant’s profits) and makes reference to a master for an accounting of profits and assessment of damages. I would affirm the judgment in all other respects.