Legal Opinion
Natural Footwear Ltd. v. Hart Schaffner & Marx & Roots, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 8, 1983No. Civ. 79-2966PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIUNNO, Senior District Judge.
This lawsuit involves the respective rights of Natural Footwear, Ltd., a Canadian corporation and Don Green and Michael Budman (collectively, “Natural”) on the one hand, and Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Roots, Inc., (collectively, “Roots”) to the use of the tradename and mark “Roots” in respect to the business of selling shoes, and other articles of apparel and as applied to the goods themselves.
Roots began operations in Jersey City in 1917 as a retail store founded by Adolph Root, selling articles of apparel and some housewares (such as curtains) of various…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Natural Footwear Ltd. v. Hart, Schaffner & MarxCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Natural Footwear Limited, a Corporation of the Province of Ontario Canada v. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, a New York Corporation, and Roots, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation. Roots, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Counterclaimant v. Don Green and Michael Budman, Individuals, and Natural Footwear Limited, a Corporation of the Province of Ontario, Canada, Counterdefendants. Appeal of Natural Footwear Limited, Don Green, and Michael Budman, and Counterclaim Natural Footwear Limited, a Corporation of the Province of Ontario Canada v. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, a New York Corporation, and Roots, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation. Roots, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Counterclaimant v. Don Green and Michael Budman, Individuals, and Natural Footwear Limited, a Corporation of the Province of Ontario, Canada, Counterdefendants. Appeal of Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Defendant-Counterclaimant Roots, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985