Legal Opinion
Business Trends Analysts, Inc. v. Freedonia Group, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 27, 1988No. 86 Civ. 3540 (KC)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT AND ORDER *
CONBOY, District Judge:
Plaintiff in this case complains that its copyrighted study on the Robotics Industry has been infringed by defendants, who published a study of the same industry. Plaintiff also claims that its customer list, asserted to be a trade secret, was unlawfully appropriated and used by defendants; that defendants in violation of the Lanham Act, palmed off their studies of various industries as being connected with, related to or derived from plaintiff's predecessor in interest; and that defendants engaged in unfair competition under New York common law, in…
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