Legal Opinion
National Distillers Products Co. v. Refreshment Brands, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 15, 2002No. 00 CIV. 8418(NRB)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BUCHWALD, District Judge.
National Distillers Products Co., LLC (“National”) brought this trademark action against Refreshment Brands, Inc. (“RBI”) and several other defendants. The parties consented to a bench trial which was held on February 5-8, 2002. 1 The following Opinion constitutes our findings of fact and conclusions of law. As discussed below, we find for the defendants on all counts.
BACKGROUND
A. Parties
National was founded in 1996 by three partners in order to market and sell an 80-proof potato vodka. They named the vodka “Teton Glacier” and registered TETON GLACIER…
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