Legal Opinion
Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 14, 2002No. CIV.A. 02-30031-MAPPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
(Docket Nos. 4 and 15)
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. (“Spalding”) has brought suit for false advertising under the federal Lanham Act and Massachusetts law against Wilson Sporting Goods Co. (“Wilson”). Spalding contends that Wilson’s “True” golf ball ads, which claim that Wilson True golf balls are “perfectly balanced” and disparage the “balance” of Spalding golf balls, necessarily imply a “literally false” claim: that Wilson True golf balls will…
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