VUITTON et FILS S. A. v. CAROUSEL HANDBAGS

No. 571, Docket 78-7582.

592 F.2d 126 (1979)

VUITTON et FILS S. A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAROUSEL HANDBAGS, Defendant, and Solomon Mizrahi, Joseph Mizrahi, and Maurice Mizrahi, Additional Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Bainton, New York City (Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard & Kristol, Beckman Rich, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred Brody, New York City, for additional defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and SMITH and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but the makers of Louis Vuitton leather goods have not been pleased by the recent flood of counterfeit Vuitton handbags in the New York area. The French corporation, whose pocketbooks are sold for upwards of $200, is facing stiff competition from midtown retailers, whose bogus merchandise is available for $50 or less. To protect its trademark1 and profits...

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