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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Frank denies a motion to amend the case caption to substitute two named plaintiffs with a single plaintiff and makes rulings on a number of motions in limine. The Court will instruct the jury that the bed maker's "Sleep Number" mark is "strong and famous" and deem any evidence contesting that contention presumptively inadmissible. The bedmaker's competitors are not, however, precluded from contesting actual confusion or excluded from conducting a bed demonstration. Evidence of antitrust claims from a prior trial or of allegations of anti-competitive conduct is also presumptively inadmissible, as is evidence of any other litigation of enforcement actions. Evidence of cease-and-desist letters is presumptively admissible, but evidence regarding whether the bedmaker has trademark rights in the phrase "Number Bed" is not.