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· 6/19/1995

Jeffrey Milstein, Inc., D/B/A Paper House Productions v. Greger, Lawlor, Roth, Inc., D/B/A Triangle Enterprises

Citations

  • 58 F.3d 27
  • 35 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1284
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 15539

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the plaintiff was seeking trade dress protection for a “generalized idea”
  • dismissing unfair competition claim under New York law because parties conceded there was no bad faith
  • \[T]he essence of unfair competition under New York common law is the bad faith misappropriation of the labors and expenditures of another.\
  • “Although each element of a trade dress individually might not be inherently distinctive, it is the combination of elements that should be the focus of the distinctiveness inquiry.”
  • “Although each element of a trade dress individually might not be inherently distinctive, it is the combination of elements that should be the focus of the distinctiveness inquiry.”

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Judges: Newman, Van Graafeiland Cabranes

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