Legal Opinion
First Financial Marketing Services Group, Inc. v. Field Promotions, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 5, 1968No. 68 Civ. 2089PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLACK, District Judge.
Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint herein which seeks a declaratory judgment that plaintiff is not infringing the defendant’s copyright. The copyright is on a bank loan application form, registered under the trademark “Zip”.
Jurisdiction is posited on diversity of citizenship and requisite amount in controversy. The plaintiff is a Massachusetts service organization which renders market services to banks and lending institutions. The defendant is a New York corporation located in this District and is engaged in the same line of business as the plaintiff.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Cable Vision, Inc., and Idaho Microwave, Inc. v. Kutv, Inc., the Klix CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Sidney Hirshon v. United Artists CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Becker v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Terry Gilliam, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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- Scott v. Paramount Pictures Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1978
- Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. HastingsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Key Maps, Inc. v. PruittDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1978
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