LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, District of Columbia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 15, 1992.
On Motion to Alter or Amend April 28, 1992.
On Motion to Reconsider May 18, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William K. Wells, Jr., C. Scott Talbot, Richard S. Meyer, Kenyon & Kenyon, Washington, D.C. (Lynne Darcy, Kenyon & Kenyon, Walter M. Volpi, Lever Bros. Co., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.
Daniel J. Standish, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. (Alfonso Robles, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Dept. of Treasury, of counsel), for defendants.
William H. Allen, Eugene A. Ludwig, David R. Grace, Mark A. Chinen, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae the Coalition to Preserve the Integrity of American Trademarks.
Elliot Bredhoff, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., John McKendree, Gen. Counsel, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Int'l Union, AFL-CIO, Denver, Colo., John D. Vandenberg, Klarquist, Sparkman, Campbell Leigh & Whinston, Portland, Or., for amicus curiae Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO.
Diane Heiman, Bethesda, Md., for amicus curiae The Nat. Consumers league.
Robert W. Steele, Cheryl M. Browning, Steele, Silcox & Browning, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Kmart Corp.
Stephen Kurzman, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Free Trade Ass'n.
Robert J. Verdisco, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae International Mass Retail Ass'n.
Richard Kelly, Kelly, Eckhaus & Mohen, New York City, for amicus curiae National Ass'n of Catalog Showroom Merchandisers.
United States District Court, District of Columbia.
MEMORANDUM
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
Plaintiff is a United States corporation which manufactures a soap under the trademark "Shield," and a dishwashing detergent under the trademark "Sunlight" for sale in the United States. A British corporation that is affiliated with plaintiff also makes a soap and a dishwashing detergent using as trademarks the names "Shield" and "Sunlight." The American and British versions, while having generally similar appearances...
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