Legal Opinion
Dial Corp. v. Encina Corp.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided September 9, 1986No. 86-8177-CIVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GONZALEZ, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE has come before the court upon the motion of the defendants, Encina Corporation and Stanley Smith, to dismiss the plaintiffs complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The instant action concerns the importation, distribution and sale of what are commonly known as “grey market” goods. Grey market goods are goods made by a foreign manufacturer, “legitimately sold abroad under a particular trademark and are imported into the United States and sold in competition with goods of the owner of [the United…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Osawa & Co. v. B & H PHOTODistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Olympus Corporation v. United States, K Mart Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee, 47th Street Photo, Inc., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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