Legal Opinion

American Rolex Watch Corp. v. Jack Laufer & Jan Voort, Inc.

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided October 1, 1959No. Civ. 18390PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Z AY ATT, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the controversy which involves defendants’ business conduct as it relates to plaintiff’s product. Plaintiff sells watch bands in interstate commerce. Defendants, both individual and corporate, are engaged in the manufacture and sale of watch bands in interstate commerce. There is no diversity of citizenship between the parties. In brief, it is plaintiff’s claim that defendants have, by word and deed, falsely represented their product to be the distinctive product sold by the plaintiff, for…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. L'Aiglon Apparel, Inc. v. Lana Lobell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
  4. Stauffer v. ExleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
  5. Joshua Meier Company, Inc. v. Albany Novelty Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Federal-Mogul-Bower Bearings, Inc. v. AzoffCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  2. Geisel v. Poynter Products Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
  3. Ames Publishing Co. v. Walker-Davis Publications, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Norman M. Morris Corporation v. Hyman Weinstein, D/B/A Bright Star EnterpriseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. Glenn v. Advertising Publications, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966

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