Legal Opinion
Natural Footwear Ltd. v. Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 19, 1985No. Nos. 83-5883, 84-5002PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This is a trademark infringement case in which two business concerns vie for the sole right to use the mark ROOTS for footwear and wearing apparel. Roots, Inc. (“Roots”) is a northern New Jersey retail clothing operation which sells high quality clothing in several stores in northern New Jersey, and which has a scattering of mail order customers throughout the nation. Natural Footwear Limited (“Natural”), the other contending party, is a Toronto and Detroit-based footwear and apparel manufacturer which came into prominence in the 1970’s by reason of…
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