Legal Opinion

Ideal Toy Corporation v. Plawner Toy Mfg. Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 26, 1982No. 81-3119PublishedCited by 91 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The major question for decision in this appeal from a preliminary injunction order barring a toy distributor from marketing a puzzle allegedly infringing upon the trademark rights of a competitor is whether the district court’s order is sufficiently specific to give the parties fair notice of the conduct prohibited. A threshold issue is whether the district court erred in granting the preliminary injunction. We decide that the preliminary injunction was properly entered, but we will amend the language of the order. We affirm the judgment of the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  4. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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