Take It Away, Incorporated v. Home Depot, Inc.

Filing 920100415

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = '                   The Hon. David H. Souter, Associate Justice (Ret.) of the\
Supreme Court of the United States, sitting by designation.\
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var WPFootnote2 = ' The detailed provisions of the business plan were not\
disclosed by the relatively short teaser statement, but this is\
irrelevant for two independent reasons. First, it does not appear\
that the plan adds anything to the concept that was not obvious\
from the concept as described by the teaser. And, second, Home\
Depot did not implement the details of Take It Away’s plan; its\
four contractors deal directly with the customers.\
'

var WPFootnote3 = ' While Take It Away brought claims under both Massachusetts\
common law and statutory law, it does not distinguish between them\
on appeal because it views them as “doctrinally equivalent.” This\
may well be true. See Incase Inc. v. Timex Corp., 488 F.3d 46, 52\
n.10 (1st Cir. 2007); Burten v. Milton Bradley Co., 763 F.2d 461,\
462 (1st Cir. 1985) (“Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 93, § 42 . . .\
essentially codifies the common law.”). Regardless, because Take\
It Away makes no argument that its statutory claim calls for a\
separate analysis, we analyze counts 2 and 3 together.\
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