Certain Electric Power Tools, Battery Cartridges, and ... - USITC

164. Even the color blue has not been unique to Makita power tools.Ryobi, Freud, Bosch, Kress, AEG, Toshiba, and Black and Decker haveutilized the color blue. (RXP 416, Griffin Dep., at 302; CPX 138, 158;RXP 9, 109, 208, 249, 264, 430).165. Bosch has been selling blue tools in the United States sincethe early 1960's. (RXP 414, Signorelli Dep., at 13-14; Unopposed SPF E4;Unopposed RPF 309).166. Complainants' Japanese parent, Makita Electric Works, has usedthe blue color on its power tools exported to the United States since thelate 1960's. (CXA 2, p. 7; Hattori, Tr. 752).VI. W C T W167. The basic external features of, each of the tools in issue servesome functional purpose.The configuration of the housing around themotors must conform to some degree to the arrangement of the internalcomponents.The handles, or gripping surface, must be comfortable andconvenient to the users. Where there is heat generated, adequate ventingmust be provided. (RXC 2027, Jones W.S.; Griffin, Tr. 205-07; Bartlett,Tr. 1869-77, 1882-90, 1895-98, 1900-08, 1913-17, 1921-23; CXA 579, p.M195741; CPX 232; CPX 289B-H, K-M, P-V, X-EE, GG-KK; RXJ 42; Rxp 109, atpp. 2-3; RXP 7, at p. 8; SPX 10, Okumuru Dep., at 18, 21, 33-34, 38, 54,65, 69, 70-71, 82, 94, 102, 115-116, 129-130, 131).168. Thk Snternal components used in a given class of power tool arevery similar. (Bartlett, Tr. 1819).169. The internal features of the housing of the tool must be shapedin such a way as to physically accommodate the internal components of thetool. (Griffin, Tr. 206).54