Legal Opinion
Mrs. United States National Pageant, Inc. v. Miss United States of America Organization, LLC
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 13, 2012No. 12-CV-6137LPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.
The maxim that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” may well be true, but in matters of intellectual property, efforts at imitation are not always taken as a compliment, as they often lead to a violation of property rights. The case now before the Court provides an example of just such a situation.
This is a trademark dispute. Plaintiff, Mrs. United States National Pageant, Inc., is a New York corporation based in Fair-port, New York, that operates beauty pageants throughout the country. Plaintiff currently owns eight federally…
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