Legal Opinion
Ross Products, Inc. v. New York Merchandise Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 18, 1964PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TENNEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff has moved for a preliminary injunction to restrain the defendant from infringing on an alleged copyright. Defendant has cross-moved to dissolve the temporary restraining order now in effect.
“The granting of a preliminary injunction ‘is an exercise of a very far-reaching power, never to be indulged in except in a case clearly demanding it.’ * * * ‘It is a cardinal principle of equity jurisprudence that a preliminary injunction shall not issue in a doubtful case. Unless the court be convinced with reasonable certainty that the complainant must succeed at final…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- American Code Co. v. BensingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Heim v. Universal Pictures Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Thompson v. HubbardSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Continental Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Hulbert T. E. Beardsley and H. T. E. Beardsley, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Huber Baking Co. v. Stroehmann Bros. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Russ Berrie & Co., Inc. v. Jerry Elsner Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Uneeda Doll Co., Inc. v. Goldfarb Novelty Co., Inc. And Walgreen Eastern Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Ross Products, Inc. v. New York Merchandise Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Irving J. Dorfman Co. v. Borlan Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Concord Fabrics, Inc. v. Generation Mills, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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