Legal Opinion
Tough Traveler, Ltd. v. Outbound Products
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided December 1, 1997No. 1:94-cr-00449PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
KAHN, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff, Tough Traveler, Ltd., designs and manufactures child carriers — essentially a backpack-type apparatus for carrying children. On April 7, 1994, plaintiff filed a complaint, alleging claims for infringement of trade dress under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and unfair competition under New York common law. Specifically, plaintiff alleged that defendants Outbound Products, Taymor Industries U.S.A., Inc. and Taymor Industries, Ltd. (collectively “defendants”) had copied plaintiff’s product, the “Kid…
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