Legal Opinion
Hartford House Ltd. v. Hallmark Cards Inc.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided November 20, 1986No. Civ. A. 86-C-1458PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARRIGAN, District Judge.
This is an action for alleged trade dress infringement commenced by the plaintiffs Susan Polis Schütz, Stephen Schütz, and Hartford House Ltd. doing business as Blue Mountain Arts (“Blue Mountain”), against the defendants Hallmark Cards Incorporated and Hallmark Marketing Corporation (hereafter collectively referred to as “Hallmark”). Plaintiffs allege that Hallmark designed and distributed for sale a line of greeting cards that are deceptively and confusingly similar to greeting cards manufactured and sold by the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs assert that the defendants…
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