Legal Opinion
Vacheron & Constantin-Le Coultre Watches, Inc. v. Benrus Watch Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 27, 1957PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOCK, District Judge.
Defendant has moved for summary judgment and plaintiff has countered with a motion for a preliminary injunction. The complaint contains three counts: the first for design patent infringement, the second for unfair competition and the third' for copyright infringement.
The subject matter is a watch produced by plaintiff under the style name of “Galaxy”. Plaintiff seeks to enjoin defendant from selling or distributing its watch, style “Elegance Constellation”, as being an imitation of plaintiff’s watch.
Plaintiff’s Galaxy is a wrist watch made to sell at $325. Its…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Dean A. Lyon v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- General Time Instruments Corp. v. United States Time Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- R. M. Palmer Company v. Luden's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Nat Lewis Purses, Inc. v. Carole Bags, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Esquire, Inc. v. Barbara A. RingerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Norris Industries, Inc. v. International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and David L. Ladd, Register of CopyrightsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- In re YardleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
- Ted Arnold Ltd. v. Silvercraft Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Bally Manufacturing Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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