Legal Opinion
Gemco Latinoamerica, Inc. v. Seiko Time Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 14, 1987No. 86 Civ. 6329 (WK)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
Plaintiff Gemco Latinoamérica (“Gem-co”), which served from 1974 to 1986 as the exclusive distributor in Puerto Rico of Seiko brand watches and clocks imported by defendant Seiko Time Corporation (“Seiko Time”), alleges that Seiko Time and its corporate parent Hattori Corporation of America (“Hattori-U.S.”), and grandparent, Hattori Seiko Company (“Hattori-Ja-pan”) engaged in unfair competition and violated antitrust laws as well as Puerto Rico’s Law 75 (“Law 75”), 10 L.P.R.A. § 278 et seq., which protects distributors from wrongful termination…
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