U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Chuckleberry Publishing, Inc.

Decided February 6, 1980. Abraham David Sofaer wrote the opinion for the court.

486 F. Supp. 414 · Cited 82 times

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Dow Chemical Co.(UK) v. SS Giovannella D'Amico · 297 F. Supp. 699
McNeil Laboratories, Inc. v. American Home Products Corp. · 416 F. Supp. 804
Gianni Cereda Fabrics, Inc. v. Bazaar Fabrics, Inc. · 335 F. Supp. 278
Ives Laboratories, Inc. v. Darby Drug Co., Inc. · 455 F. Supp. 939
Londontown Manufacturing Co. v. Cable Raincoat Co. · 371 F. Supp. 1114
Clairol Incorporated v. Gillette Company · 270 F. Supp. 371
Beech-Nut, Inc. v. Warner-Lambert Company · 346 F. Supp. 547
Masterpiece of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Consolidated Novelty Co. · 368 F. Supp. 550
Le Cordon Bleu v. BPC Publishing Limited · 327 F. Supp. 267
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Drop Dead Co. · 210 F. Supp. 816
HMH Publishing Co. v. Hale · 156 F. Supp. 594
HMH Publishing Co. v. Brincat · 342 F. Supp. 1275

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