Legal Opinion
Murphy Door Bed Co. v. Interior Sleep Systems, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 13, 1988No. CV 86-4256PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
MISHLER, District Judge.
Murphy Door Bed Co., Inc. (“Murphy”) seeks compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief on three claims stated as: (1) infringement of the trademark Murphy Bed; (2) unfair competition; and (3) breach of contract dated December 9, 1981.
Defendants deny the material allegations of the complaint and, inter alia, assert as affirmative defenses: (1) estoppel by reason of Murphy’s “inequitable conduct in inducing Interior Sleep Systems, Inc. to enter into a purported ‘franchise agreement’ based exclusively on alleged trademark…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Murphy Door Bed Co. v. Interior Sleep Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
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