Legal Opinion
Maharishi Hardy Blechman Ltd. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 8, 2003No. 03 Civ.1028 VMPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
The principal issue raised by the motion for summary judgment now before the Court is whether plaintiff, a high-end fashion designer, may recover under a theory of trade dress infringement where defendants allegedly have borrowed heavily from plaintiffs innovative line of pants. On that issue, the Court concludes that plaintiffs line of pants does not have a consistent overall look and is therefore unprotectable as a singular trade dress. The Court also addresses several related causes of action for, among other things, copyright infringement and…
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