Legal Opinion
Vivitar Corp. v. United States
United States Court of International Trade
Decided August 20, 1984No. Court 84-1-00067PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion and Order
RESTANI, Judge.
Background
In this action plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that the United States Customs Service must exclude all imports bearing plaintiff’s trademark that are entered without the written consent of plaintiff. 1 Plaintiff contends that 19 U.S.C. § 1526(a) (1982) gives it an unqualified right to demand such exclusion. 2
Plaintiff is a California corporation and the owner of the Vivitar trademark in the United States. Plaintiff licenses foreign manufacturers to apply the Vivitar trademark to a variety of photographic equipment. Plaintiff’s wholly…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Vivitar Corporation v. The United States, and 47th Street Photo, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
- Olympus Corporation v. United States, K Mart Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee, 47th Street Photo, Inc., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Coalition to Preserve the Integrity of American Trademarks v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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