Legal Opinion
Haviland & Co. v. Johann Haviland China Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 16, 1967No. 60 Civil 4386PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMIERI, District Judge.
Preliminary Statement
This is an action seeking injunctive relief and damages for trademark infringement and unfair competition.
The contending parties are competitors, though not direct competitors, in the ehinaware business. The central issues in the case concern the plaintiff’s claim to the exclusive right to use trademarks containing the Haviland name and the defendants’ conflicting claims with respect to this name and their own use of the Johann Haviland mark.
The reason why the parties may not be deemed direct competitors is that they market different types of…
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