FIVE PLATTERS, INC. v. PURDIE

Civ. No. 73-462-B.

419 F.Supp. 372 (1976)

The FIVE PLATTERS, INC. v. Bernard PURDIE et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

July 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl P. Fogel, Rockville, Md., Jules P. Kirsch, New York City, for plaintiff.

Bruce C. Bereano, Baltimore, Md., James I. Burkhardt, Alexandria, Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

BLAIR, District Judge.

"The Platters" was the name of one of the most popular singing groups in the nineteen fifties. The plaintiff, Five Platters, Inc., claiming that it owns the exclusive right to use of the Platters name in association with a musical entertainment group, has sued Bernard Purdie and others claiming that the defendants have infringed its service mark and unfairly competed. Damage issues were tried to a jury which concluded, in...

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