Mock Fashioning Associates v. Manhattan Shirt Co.

Preliminary Statement

PALMIERI, District Judge.

This is a patent infringement case. The subject matter of the patent is a cut and sewn garment which has the appearance of a so-called full-fashioned garment. It is a knit sweater with stitched fashion marks simulating the fashion marks of a full-fashioned garment without, however, requiring the expensive machinery and labor that such a garment would require. In other words, the patented garment, by the use of mock fashion marks, i. e., an imitation of the fashion marks of full-fashioned garments, gives the appearance of a more expensive garment.…