Legal Opinion
Murphy Door Bed Co. v. Interior Sleep Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 1, 1989No. Nos. 727, 837, Dockets 88-7877, 88-9043PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Mishler, J.), awarding plaintiff, the Murphy Door Bed Company (“Murphy” or “Murphy Co.”), $6330 with interest in damages for breach of contract, $801,161 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages for trademark infringement and unfair competition. The judgment includes a permanent injunction enjoining all defendants from use of the Murphy name.
Murphy is incorporated in New York and has its principal place of business there. Each of…
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