Legal Opinion
Pantone, Inc. v. Esselte Letraset Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 29, 1988No. 88 Civ. 3101 (MP)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND DECISION
MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.
Pantone, Inc., the plaintiff, offered to license the use of its federally registered trademark, “PANTONE,” to Daler-Rowney Ltd., in connection with the latter’s manufacture and sale of designers gouache, 1 air brush colors and color markers, 2 and its distribution of coatings color paper, based on the colors of the PAN-TONE Professional Color System.
Esselte Letraset Ltd. (“Letraset”), the defendant, notified Pantone and Daler-Rowney that it would sue to prevent the grant of such a license, claiming that contracts entered into in 1972…
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