Legal Opinion
Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. v. Gulf & Western Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 15, 1980No. 80 Civ. 1639PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Harlequin Enterprises Limited (“Harlequin”) moves for a preliminary-injunction enjoining Simon & Schuster, a division of defendant Gulf & Western Corporation, from an alleged infringement of a Harlequin book cover design and format in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) and the New York unfair competition law. Harlequin is apparently the leading publisher of paperback romance fiction novels, whose six new titles a month are sold through unconventional retail outlets, e. g., drug stores, supermarkets, to untold millions of regular…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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