General Motors Corp. v. Lanard Toys

The district court, in a trademark and trade dress infringement suit filed against Lanard Toys by General Motors Corporation, granted summary judgment for General Motors on its claims while denying Lanards motion for summary judgment based on the affirmative defenses of laches and estoppel. Lanard now appeals those decisions. The dispute is over a series of toy vehicles produced by Lanard called "THE CORPS! ATK" which resemble the Hummer vehicle produced by General Motors. Based on the following discussion, we affirm the district courts decisions.