Legal Opinion
Krueger International, Inc. v. Nightingale Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 31, 1996No. 95 Civ. 10703 (SS)PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a manufacturer of metal-frame stacking chairs, alleges that defendant, a competitor, has “slavishly copied” its chair design and thereby infringed its trade dress under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). 1 The plaintiff, Krueger International, Inc. (“KI”), moves for a preliminary injunction against the defendant, Nightingale Inc. (“NI”), on the grounds that the KI design is distinctive and that NI’s design is confusingly similar. KI seeks to enjoin NI from advertising, manufacturing or selling copies of the KI chair. For the…
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