Judge Prost made an amusing fashion observation during the oral argument of the Crocs v. International Trade Commission appeal: [Listen].
Interestingly, Crocs’ experts must be Tolkien fans. They apparently argued that the Crocs design includes prominent design features that they describe as the “Ring of Fire” and the “Eye of Sauron” a la The Lord of the Rings: [Listen].
You can read the court’s opinion here:[Read].
You can listen to the entire oral argument here: [Listen].