Legal Opinion
Allied Maintenance Corp. v. Allied Mechanical Trades, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 18, 1977PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJasen, J.
We are called upon today to decide whether the trade name "Allied Maintenance” is entitled to protection pursuant to section 368-d of the General Business Law—commonly referred to as the anti-dilution statute.
The plaintiff, Allied Maintenance Corporation, has been in business, in one form or another, since 1888. Throughout the many years since its inception, Allied Maintenance has concentrated the scope of its services upon the cleaning and maintenance of large office buildings. The defendant, Allied Mechanical Trades, Inc., a corporation organized in 1968 as a successor to Controlled Weather…
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