· 12/5/1988
Diversified Marketing, Inc. v. Estee Lauder, Inc.
Citations
- 705 F. Supp. 128
- 9 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1882
- 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13634
- 1988 WL 146993
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the likelihood that plaintiffs use of defendant’s name will whittle down the distinctive identity of defendant’s name to be a fact issue to be determined at trial
- “Despite ... attempts at categorization, unfair competition is an ‘adaptable and capacious’ tort.”
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Judges: Kram
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