NAT. GEOGRAPHIC SOC. v. CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS

No. 87 Civ. 4228 (TPG).

687 F.Supp. 106 (1988)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, Plaintiff, v. CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Soybel, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, J. Timothy Hobbs, Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Jay E. Gerber, Davis, Markel & Edwards, New York City, for defendant.


OPINION

GRIESA, District Judge.

This is an action under section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and under the New York Anti-Dilution Law, N.Y.Gen.Bus.Law § 368-d (McKinney's 1964). National Geographic Society publishes a magazine called National Geographic Traveler. Conde Nast publishes a magazine called Conde Nast's Traveler. National Geographic Society claims that it has a protected right to the "trade dress" of its...

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