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· 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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