Legal Opinion
Vanity Fair Mills, Inc. v. The T. Eaton Co. Limited and John David Eaton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 1, 1956No. 23831_1PublishedCited by 343 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents interesting and novel questions concerning the extraterritorial application of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1051 et seq., and the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Union), 53 Stat. 1748 (1883, as revised 1934), T.S.No.941. Plaintiff’s complaint, filed November 18, 1954, and amended January 18, 1955, alleged trade-mark infringement and unfair competition both in the United States and Canada. Defendants moved to dismiss under Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., on the grounds that…
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