Legal Opinion
H.W. Carter & Sons, Inc. v. William Carter Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 25, 1996No. 95 Civ. 1274 (DC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In 1859, Henry Wood Carter started the company now known as H.W. Carter & Sons, Inc. (“H.W. Carter”) in Lebanon, New Hampshire, selling merchandise out of horse-drawn wagons. Just six years later, William Carter founded the company now known as the William Carter Company (“Wm. Carter”) in Highlandsville, Massachusetts, manufacturing cardigan jackets in the kitchen of his home.
Both companies prospered and eventually started selling children’s clothing using the name CARTER’S. For over 130 years, the two Carter companies enjoyed a relatively peaceful co-existence,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- George Basch Co. v. Blue Coral, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- American Home Products Corporation and Boyle-Midway, Inc. v. Johnson Chemical Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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