Legal Opinion
Telebrands Direct Response Corp. v. Ovation Communications, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 24, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-4388PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BISSELL, District Judge.
Telebrands Direct Response (“Teleb-rands”), a consumer products marketing company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia with headquarters in Wayne, New Jersey, initiated this action on October 3, 1991 with the filing of a declaratory judgment complaint. That complaint, which sought an injunction against any lawsuit brought by the defendant in jurisdictions outside the district of New Jersey, claimed that Ovation Communications’ (“Ovation”) Thighmaster exercise product is not entitled to trade dress protection because it is a purely functional…
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