· 5/24/1996
A&H Sportswear Co. v. Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.
Citations
- 926 F. Supp. 1233
- 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7098
- 1996 WL 278781
How courts have described this case
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- strength of parties’ marks and amount of protection they receive commensurately decreases when they extend into the industry dominated by the other; Plaintiffs have not extended the MIRACLE-SUIT or SWIMSHAPER marks into the lingerie market
- “A trademark owner’s expansion of its use of its trademark into related fields, provided it does not conflict with the rights of a prior user of the same or a similar mark, does strengthen the owner’s rights.”
- entire market within which goods were registered
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Judges: Van Antwerpen
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