Legal Opinion
Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 2, 1980No. 639, Docket 79-7752PublishedCited by 326 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Tomy Corporation and appellee Durham Industries, Inc. are American companies engaged in the manufacture and sale of toys. In January of 1979, counsel for Tomy accused Durham of systematically copying certain Tomy toys and threatened to take legal action if the matter was not immediately resolved by other means. Evidently believing that the best defense is a good offense, in February of 1979 Durham filed an action against Tomy in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking a declaratory judgment to the effect that in marketing…
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