United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant, a producer and supplier of frozen pizzas, on a competitor's trademark infringement claim regarding the use of the term Brick Oven in describing frozen pizzas is affirmed where the district court correctly held that Brick Oven, as used to identify pizza, is a generic term.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2006
• Published 08/18/2006

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, HANSEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allen Wayne Hinderaken, argued, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Scott Weaver Johnston and Ernest W. Grumbles, III, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul R. Garcia, argued, Chicago, Illinois (Lisa M. Holubar, Kevin S. Ueland, and Christopher Landau, on the brief), for appellee.