Legal Opinion
Louis Rich, Inc. v. Horace W. Longacre, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 1976No. Civ. A. 76-3211PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUR PLEADINGS AND PROOF
LUONGO, District Judge.
“Gobble-gobble.”
Those words identify the sound made by a male turkey. That fact and the desire of the contesting parties to profit from it furnish the stuff of this action for trademark infringement. Before me is plaintiffs motion pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 65(a) seeking to enjoin defendant preliminarily from using the term “gobble-gobble” in its advertising of a processed turkey product. On the pleadings, and on the proof adduced at the hearing held on November 18, 1976, I make the following
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Plaintiff, Louis Rich, Inc., a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Yale Electric Corporation v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Delaware River Port Authority v. Transamerican Trailer Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Flexitized, Inc., and Flexitized Sales Corporation v. National Flexitized Corporation and Dubin-Haskell Lining Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Koppers Co., Inc. v. Krupp-Koppers GmbHDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Richard Royce Collection Ltd. v. New York City Shoes, Inc. (In Re New York City Shoes, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
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