Legal Opinion
Starter Corporation v. Converse, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 23, 1996No. 1318, Docket 95-9150PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Per curiam
The Starter Corporation appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its declaratory-judgment complaint against appellee Converse, Inc. on the ground that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, and its pronouncement that it would decline to exercise declaratory judgment jurisdiction even if an “actual case or controversy” did exist.
Starter is a manufacturer of athletic apparel and Converse is a manufacturer of athletic footwear and licensor of sports apparel. Both parties possess trademark rights in versions of a five-pointed star. This dispute arises out of Starter’s planned use of…
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