Legal Opinion

Commodore Import Corp. v. Hiraoka & Co., Ltd.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 21, 1976No. 71 Civ. 4391PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

The plaintiff is a New York corporation, the business of which is the importation and sale of radios. Plaintiff is the owner of the trademark “Commodore” for use on radios. The president of the plaintiff testified that all the radio cabinets in its line are designed by plaintiff’s designer and its president; that all such cabinets bear the name “Commodore;” and that the radios in question are manufactured and assembled in the Orient by contractors. Two models of plaintiff’s line, Nos. CR 427 and 744-A, had been designed and produced for over ten years…

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Sutton Cosmetics (P. R.) Inc. v. Lander Co., Inc., Scott Chemical Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
Matsushita Electric Corp. of America v. Solar Sound Sys., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1974

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3Cited by1 opinion

Paul Smith, an Individual v. Edward L. Montoro and Film Ventures International Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981