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· 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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