MURPHY v. PROVIDENT MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 169, Docket 90-7335.

923 F.2d 923 (1990)

Thomas M. MURPHY d/b/a Thomas M. Murphy & Associates, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROVIDENT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, and AIMS, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Harleysville Insurance Companies, Intervening-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1990.

As Amended January 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Trattner, Washington, D.C. (Lewis & Trattner, Washington, D.C., Michael P. Foley, Jr., Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, Westport, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Barry Kramer, Southport, Conn. (Gerald E. Linden, Kramer, Brufsky & Cifelli, Southport, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Provident Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Philadelphia.

Barry L. Kelmachter, New Haven, Conn. (Bachman & LaPointe, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for intervening-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, VAN GRAAFEILAND, and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Thomas M. Murphy appeals from a summary judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Eginton, J.) dismissing Murphy's servicemark infringement and unfair competition claims. We affirm.

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