BOSE CORP. v. CONSUMERS U. OF U. S., INC.

Civ. A. No. 71-481-J.

508 F.Supp. 1249 (1981)

BOSE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. CONSUMERS UNION OF U. S., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blair L. Perry, Joseph E. Riley, Jr., Hale and Dorr, Boston, Mass., Charles Hieken, Waltham, Mass., for plaintiff, Bose Corp.

Marshall Beil, Michael Pollet, Karpatkin, Pollet, Delibert & Beil, New York City, Nancy Gertner, Silverglate, Shapiro & Gertner, Boston, Mass., for defendant, Consumers Union of U. S., Inc.


OPINION

JULIAN, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff, Bose Corporation (Bose), a manufacturer of loudspeaker systems and other audio equipment, brought this civil action in 1971 against the defendant, Consumers Union of United States, Inc. (CU), a consumer product-testing organization, alleging product disparagement, unfair competition, and violation of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1976). Jurisdiction was based on diversity...

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