L. & J.G. STICKLEY, INC. v. CANAL DOVER FURNITURE

No. 95, Docket 95-7715.

79 F.3d 258 (1996)

L. & J.G. STICKLEY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CANAL DOVER FURNITURE CO., INC. and Charles F. Kuder, Individually, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Weber, Akron, OH (Sylvia A. Petrosky, Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber; Dennis P. Hennigan, Peter D. Carmen, Mackenzie Smith Lewis Michell & Hughes, Syracuse, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants.

Susan E. Farley, Albany, N.Y. (Nicholas Mesiti, Heslin & Rothenberg, P.C., of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before OAKES and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and SAND, District Judge.


OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves trade dress rights in furniture designs associated with Gustav Stickley, a leader of the early 20th century Arts & Crafts movement. Appellee L. & J.G. Stickley, Inc. ("L. & J.G. Stickley") brought suit against Appellant Canal Dover Furniture Co. and its president Charles F. Kuder (collectively referred to as "Canal Dover") for violation of § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(a) (1994), and common...

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