Legal Opinion
Vanity Fair Mills, Inc. v. Olga Company (Inc.)
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 8, 1974No. 67 Civ. 4181PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIESA, District Judge.
This a patent infringement case involving two patents on women’s panty briefs. The patents, Nos. 3,142,300 (“300”) and 3,142,301 (“301”), were issued to Olga Erteszek, the inventor, on July 28, 1964. Mrs. Erteszek assigned the patents to the defendant, Olga Company (Inc.) (“Olga”), a company of which she was co-founder. Olga has since 1963 marketed a brief embodying the patents.
Plaintiff Vanity Fair Mills Inc. is, like Olga, a manufacturer of women’s undergarments and lingerie. Between 1967 and 1969 Vanity Fair’s line includ ed a brief (Vanity Fair style number…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Vanity Fair Mills, Inc. v. Olga Company (Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975