Legal Opinion
The Sports Authority, Inc. v. Prime Hospitality Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 23, 1996No. 145, Docket 95-7161PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff The Sports Authority, Inc. (“TSA”) brought this action for violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq., and New York’s anti-dilution statute, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 368-d, against defendant Prime Hospitality Corp. (“Prime”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. TSA alleged that Prime’s use of the words “sports authority” in the name of its sports-oriented restaurants and in its advertising and signs both constituted an infringement of and diluted the value of TSA’s registered trademarks. Finding that there were no…
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