La SOCIETE ANONYME des PARFUMS LeGALION v. JEAN PATOU, INC.

No. 530, Docket 72-2409.

495 F.2d 1265 (1974)

La SOCIETE ANONYME des PARFUMS LE GALION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEAN PATOU, INC. and Michael Stramiello, Jr., Collector of Customs of the Port of New York, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. March, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alex Friedman, New York City (Martin J. Beran, David A. Weinstein, and Blum, Moscovitz, Friedman & Kaplan, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Jean Patou, Inc.

Before LUMBARD, FRIENDLY and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff LeGalion, a French perfume manufacturer, has for years sold its perfume under the trademark "SNOB" in a number of foreign countries. The sales have been substantial, amounting in one recent five-year period to almost $2,000,000. LeGalion has been unable to sell SNOB in the United States, however, because in 1951 defendant Patou,1 an American perfume manufacturer, obtained a trademark registration for...

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