MONTBLANC-SIMPLO GMBH v. STAPLES, INC.

No. Civ.A. 01-10235-DPW.

172 F.Supp.2d 231 (2001)

MONTBLANC-SIMPLO GMBH and Montblanc, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. STAPLES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Dove, Jr., Charles E. Buffon, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Thomas V. Urmy LLP, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Steven M. Cowley, Robert D. Laurie, Edwards & Angell, Boston, MA, Michael D. Albert, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, Boston, MA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOODLOCK, District Judge.

The plaintiff is the manufacturer of high quality and highly priced writing instruments. The defendant is an office supply superstore chain that sells the plaintiff's instruments in an altered form, having purchased them from a distributor that purchases overseas and then scrapes off the serial numbers and a certain trademark. The plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction under trademark law, barring the...

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