JORDACHE ENTERPRISES, INC. v. HOGG WYLD, LTD.

No. 85-2254.

828 F.2d 1482 (1987)

JORDACHE ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOGG WYLD, LTD., Susan Duran, Marsha Stafford and Oink, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Kaul, of Brownstein, Zeidman and Schomer, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald W. Garland (Thomas F. Blueher and Leonard J. DeLayo, Jr., on the brief), of DeLayo, Olson & Blueher, P.A., Albuquerque, N.M., for defendants-appellees.

Before McKAY, MOORE and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This case, a trademark infringement action brought against a manufacturer that identifies its blue jeans for larger women with a smiling pig and the word "Lardashe" on the seat of the pants, reminds us that "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."1 Appellant Jordache Enterprises, Inc., alleges error in a district court decision finding no likelihood of confusion between the Jordache and Lardashe trademarks...

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