VIVITAR CORPORATION, Plaintiff,
v.
The UNITED STATES, et al., Defendants,
and
47th Street Photo, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor.
United States Court of International Trade.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 20, 1984.
August 20, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stein, Shostak, Shostak & O'Hara, Steven P. Kersner, Irwin P. Altschuler and Donald S. Stein, R. Kenton Musgrave, Wiley, Johnson & Rein, James M. Johnstone, Thomas W. Kirby and Dwight G. Rabuse, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.
Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, D.C., and Velta A. Melnbrencis, New York City, for defendants.
Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Nathan Lewin, Jamie S. Gorelick, James L. Volling and Rory K. Little, Washington, D.C., Groman & Wolf, Marvin H. Wolf, Mineola, N.Y., for intervenor.
Covington & Burling, William H. Allen, Eugene A. Ludwig, Scott D. Gilbert and Daniel A. Rowley, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Coalition to Preserve the Integrity of American Trademarks, et al.
James C. Tuttle and Deborah L. Miela, Troy, Mich., Steele, Simmons & Fornaciari, Robert W. Steele and Robert E. Hebda, Howrey & Simon, John F. Bruce, Kevin P. O'Rourke, Catherine Shea, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae K mart Corp.
Bass, Ullman & Lustigman, New York City (Robert Ullman, Sandler & Travis, New York City, of counsel), for amicus curiae American Free Trade Ass'n.
Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, William F. Sondericker, New York City, for amicus curiae Progress Trading Co., Inc.
Kelly, Lucas & Mohen, Richard B. Kelly and Thomas P. Mohen, New York City, for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n of Catalog Showroom Merchandisers.
United States Court of International Trade.
Memorandum Opinion and Order
RESTANI, Judge.
Background
In this action plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that the United States Customs Service must exclude all imports bearing plaintiff's trademark that are entered without the written consent of plaintiff.1 Plaintiff contends that 19 U.S.C. § 1526(a) (1982) gives it an unqualified right to demand such exclusion.2
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