Legal Opinion
Blisscraft of Hollywood v. United Plastic Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 25, 1960PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOLOMON, District Judge.
This is an action for unfair competition, design patent infringement, and trade mark infringement, all arising out of defendants’ manufacture, sale and use of a polyethylene pitcher.
Plaintiff seeks an injunction and money damages on the theory that defendant United Plastic Company, through the sale of its Steri-lite “Poly Pitcher” decanter, has infringed plaintiff’s design patent and plaintiff’s unregistered trade mark. Plaintiff also alleges that defendant has been guilty of unfair competition both in the design of its pitchers and in the labels affixed thereto.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gorham Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Park-In-Theatres, Inc. v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Norwich Pharmacal Company v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Joshua Meier Company, Inc. v. Albany Novelty Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by6 opinions
- American Footwear Corporation v. General Footwear Company Limited, and Universal City Studios, Inc., Intervening-Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Blisscraft of Hollywood v. United Plastics Company, Marmax Products Corp., and Morris Shapiro, Doing Business as Great Eastern Housewares CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Hygienic Specialties Co. v. H. G. Salzman, Inc., Hutzler Mfg. Co., and C. B. Cotton & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Bliss v. Gotham Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Bliss v. Gotham Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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