CHARLES OF THE RITZ GROUP v. QUALITY KING DISTRIB.

No. 371, Docket 87-7623.

832 F.2d 1317 (1987)

CHARLES OF THE RITZ GROUP LTD. and Yves Saint Laurent Parfums Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. QUALITY KING DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Deborah International Beauty, Ltd., and Deborah Richman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Klafter, White and Case, New York City (Lile H. Deinard, Carole P. Sadler, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert L. Sherman, Ruskin, Schlissel, Moscou, Evans & Faltischek, Mineola, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Deborah Intern. Beauty, Ltd.

Before KAUFMAN and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and TENNEY, District Judge.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Consumed by the feud between her family and Romeo's, Juliet mused "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But Juliet could as easily have been speaking about the dispute before us on appeal. Here, the combatants are two fragrance companies: one produces a luxury perfume and the other manufactures a low-priced "smell-alike." They have been feuding over claims of trademark infringement for...

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