Legal Opinion
THOIP v. Walt Disney Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 9, 2010No. 08 Civ. 6823 (SAS)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In stark contrast to the cuteness and humor of the cartoons at the heart of this trademark dispute, presently before the Court are dueling motions in limine to preclude dueling expert testimony. Each side argues that the other’s expert survey concerning consumer confusion is so methodologically unsound as to render the survey and accompanying testimony inadmissible. No survey is perfect and the limits and flaws of a survey generally go to evidentiary weight and do not warrant exclusion. Exclusion may be justified, however,…
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