Legal Opinion
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Chuckleberry Publishing, Inc., Publishers Distributing Corporation, Arcata Publications Group, Inc., Tattilo Editrice Spa
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 3, 1982No. 503, Docket 81-7527PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Tattilo Editrice SPA (“Tattilo SPA”), an Italian corporation which, since 1967, has published in Italy a male sex-oriented magazine entitled “Playmen,” appeals from an order of the District Court for the Southern District, Sofaer, J., permanently enjoining its use in the United States of the mark “Playmen” in a title or subtitle for a sex-oriented magazine. Plaintiff Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (“Playboy Enterprises”), publisher of PLAYBOY magazine, brought this action in 1979 under §§ 32(1) and 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1) and 1125(a), to obtain…
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- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Chuckleberry Publishing, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
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