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February 15, 2016 01:00 AM

Judge orders mediation in OTR tire case

Miles Moore
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    SPOKANE, Wash.—A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has granted the request of two off-the-road tire makers for mediation in a long-standing product counterfeiting case.

    Judge Lonny R. Suko issued an order Feb. 1 designating James R. Cole as mediator in the ongoing case brought by OTR Wheel Engineering Inc. in April 2014 against West Worldwide Services Inc.

    In its suit, OTR Wheel accused West of counterfeiting and wrongfully infringing OTR's federally registered tread design and trademark for its Outrigger OTR tires.

    OTR Wheel designed the Outrigger specifically for use on aerial work platforms (AWPs) such as those manufactured by Genie Industries, a subsidiary of Texas Corp., OTR Wheel said in its complaint.

    The registered Outrigger design (referred to as the “trade dress” in the complaint) consists of alternating interlaced lug bars formed from the sidewalls to the center bar of the tire at an angle to the sidewalls, OTR said.

    “This distinctive trade dress is a source identifier, signifying OTR as a source of the tires to OTR's customers, including Genie,” the company said.

    In October 2012, according to OTR Wheel, a manager at OTR's facility in Moses Lake, Wash., saw and obtained photographs of West tires on a third-party freight truck that bore the Outrigger design and trade dress. The manager discovered the West tires were samples ordered for testing by Genie, one of OTR's biggest customers, OTR Wheel said.

    Among other things, OTR sought a jury trial, a permanent injunction against West from manufacturing tires using the Outrigger design, damages, lost profits, post-judgment interest and attorneys' fees.

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