Legal Opinion
Tommy Hilfiger Licensing, Inc. v. Nature Labs, LLC
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 13, 2002No. 99 CIV.10713(MBM)PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
Defendant Nature Labs, LLC manufactures, markets and sells a line of pet perfumes whose names parody elegant brands sold for human consumption — Timmy Ho-ledigger (Tommy Hilfiger), CK-9 (Calvin Klein’s cK-1), Pucci (Gucci), Bono Sports (Ralph Lauren’s Polo Sports), Miss Clay-bone (Liz Claiborne), and White Dalma-tions (Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds). Most of the companies that purvey these expensive human fragrances have chosen either to accept the implied compliment in this parody — that the mere association of their high-end brand names with a…
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