The Little Band of White That Forced a Design Copyright Fight

This writer is worn out and he wasn’t even at South by Southwest this weekend. So in the interest of keeping things light, here’s something to put into the strange copyright battles file. Dixie Consumer Products and Huhtamaki Americas Inc. have just finished up in federal court over a suit filed by Dixie who said their competitor had copied their cup design. The issue at hand? The small band of white around the bottom of the cups (for reference: here’s