Legal Opinion
Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 1961No. 162, Docket 26460PublishedCited by 1,043 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Polaroid Corporation, a Delaware corporation, owner of the trademark Polaroid and holder of 22 United States registrations thereof granted between 1936 and 1956 and of a New York registration granted in 1950, brought this action in the Eastern District of New York, alleging that defendant’s use of the name Polarad as a trademark and as part of defendant’s corporate title infringed plaintiff’s Federal and state trademarks and constituted unfair competition. It sought a broad injunction and an accounting. Defendant’s answer, in addition to denying the…
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