La CHEMISE LACOSTE v. ALLIGATOR COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 3876.

374 F.Supp. 52 (1974)

La CHEMISE LACOSTE, a French corporation, Plaintiff, v. The ALLIGATOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. JEAN PATOU, INC., a New York corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Lodge, of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., W. Brown Morton, Jr., Donal B. Tobin and Donald N. Huff of Morton, Bernard, Brown, Roberts & Sutherland, Washington, D. C., Robert Abdesselam, Paris, France, of counsel, for plaintiff and third-party defendant.

Lewis S. Black, Jr. of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., Abraham G. Levin, Irving Constant, Brian L. Bilzin of Rubin, Wachtel, Baum & Levin, New York City, Arthur H. Seidel and Allen L. Greenberg of Seidel, Gonda & Goldhammer, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel, for defendant.


OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

La Chemise Lacoste, a French corporation ("LCL"),1 instituted this action2 against the Alligator Company, Inc. ("Alligator")3 seeking a declaratory judgment that it has the right to use a distinctive crocodile emblem4 as a trademark on toiletries distributed in the United...

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