Conceptual Similarity Does Not Go Arm in Arm With Substantial Similarity

RANGE OF MOTION PRODUCTS, LLC v. ARMAID COMPANY INC. - Before Moore, Cunningham, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Functional aspects of a design must be separated out when analyzing whether an ordinary observer would find two designs similar, even if those functional aspects result in conceptual similarity.... By: Knobbe Martens