Legal Opinion
Abercrombie & Fitch Company v. Hunting World, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 26, 1976No. 21, Docket 74-2540PublishedCited by 775 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
This action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York by Abercrombie & Fitch Company (A&F), owner of well-known stores at Madison Avenue and 45th Street in New York City and seven places in other states,1 against Hunting World, Incorporated (HW), operator of a competing store on East 53rd Street, is for infringement of some of A&F’s registered trademarks using the word ‘Safari’. It has had a long and, for A&F, an unhappy history. On this appeal from a judgment which not only dismissed the complaint but canceled all of A&F’s ‘Safari’ registrations,…
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