RINGLING BROS.-BARNUM & BAILEY, ETC. v. CHANDRIS AMER. LINES, INC.

No. 70 Civ. 4391.

321 F.Supp. 707 (1971)

RINGLING BROS.-BARNUM & BAILEY COMBINED SHOWS, INC., Plaintiff, v. CHANDRIS AMERICA LINES, INC. and Albert Frank Guenther Law, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobi, Davidson, Lilling & Siegel, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff; James E. Siegel, of Lilling & Siegel, New York City, and Lewis Jacobs and Michael P. Bentzen, of Jacobs & Speiller, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Netter, Lewy, Dowd, Fox, Ness & Stream, New York City, for defendants.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

In this suit brought under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127, plaintiff Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. ("Ringling") claims that the defendants Chandris America Lines, Inc. ("Chandris") and Albert Frank Guenther Law, Inc. ("Albert Frank") have wilfully infringed, diluted and maliciously disparaged its trademark "The Greatest Show on Earth" ("the Mark"). Ringling seeks a permanent injunction, compensatory...

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