Legal Opinion
Getty Petroleum Corp. v. Island Transportation Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 20, 1988No. 1289, Docket 88-7268PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal from the Eastern District of New York presents four issues of law aris*12ing from the infringement of a registered trademark. Appellants Salem Heat & Petroleum Corp. and Lewis Cahill appeal from a jury verdict which found that they had secretly and unlawfully sold and delivered non-Getty brand gasoline to two Long Island Getty-branded service stations in 1985 and 1986, intentionally infringing the Getty trademark. The jury assessed compensatory and punitive damages in favor of the plaintiff, Getty Petroleum Corp. The case required two trials in the district…
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