Legal Opinion
Blisscraft of Hollywood v. United Plastics Company, Marmax Products Corp., and Morris Shapiro, Doing Business as Great Eastern Housewares Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 28, 1961No. 26829_1PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEEL, District Judge.
Since September 1954 plaintiff has been continuously engaged in the manufacture and sale of plastic pitchers covered by Design Patent 174,793. Plaintiff sold its pitchers with labels affixed carrying the words “Poly Pitcher,” and also advertised the pitchers to the trade and public under that name. In May 1957 the defendant United Plastics Company began to manufacture and sell a pitcher having an appearance similar to plaintiff’s, with labels affixed bearing the words “Poly Pitcher.” In August 1957 upon complaint from the plaintiff, United discontinued its “Poly Pitcher”…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Maternally Yours, Inc. v. Your Maternity Shop, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Bayer Co. v. United Drug Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1921
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3Cited by131 opinions
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