Legal Opinion
La Chemise Lacoste v. Alligator Company
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 21, 1974No. Civ. A. 3876PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Chief Judge.
La Chemise Lacoste, a French corporation (“LCL”), 1 instituted this action 2 against the Alligator Company, Inc. (“Alligator”) 3 seeking a declaratory judgment that it has the right to use a distinctive crocodile emblem 4 as a trademark on toiletries distributed in the United States by the third-party defendant Jean Patou, Inc. (“Patou”). Alligator responded by asserting that the sale by LCL through Patou of toiletries in the United States bearing the crocodile emblem infringes upon Alligator’s trademark rights and constitutes unfair competition. 5
LCL further seeks…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Yale Electric Corporation v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Turner Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Stix Products, Inc. v. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Elizabethtown, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1983
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- Stargatt v. AvenellDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1977
- Currie v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1986
- Alligator Co., Inc. v. La Chemise Lacoste Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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