editing error in sentence carrying from 108-109?

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      Avatar photoKevin Collins
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      editing error in sentence carrying from 108-109?

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      Avatar photoStacey Dogan
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      Yes – the full quote is:
      Most of the cases in which the Second Circuit has said that secondary meaning is required did not involve findings of inherent distinctiveness. For example, in Vibrant Sales, Inc. v. New Body Boutique, Inc., 652 F.2d 299 (1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 909, 102 S.Ct. 1257, 71 L.Ed.2d 448 (1982), the product at issue—a velcro belt—was functional and lacked “any distinctive, unique or non-functional mark or feature.” 652 F.2d, at 305. Similarly, in Stormy Clime Ltd. v. ProGroup, Inc., 809 F.2d 971, 977 (1987), the court described functionality as a continuum, and placed the contested rainjacket closer to the functional end than to the distinctive end. Although the court described the lightweight bag in LeSportsac, Inc. v. K mart Corp., 754 F.2d 71 (1985), as having a distinctive appearance and concluded that the District Court’s finding of nonfunctionality was not clearly erroneous, id., at 74, it did not explain why secondary meaning was also required in such a case.

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