PRL USA HOLDINGS, INC. v. U.S. POLO ASS'N, INC.

Docket No. 06-3691-cv.

520 F.3d 109 (2008)

PRL USA HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION, INC., United States Polo Association Properties, Inc., L.V. Enterprises, Inc., United States Polo Association, Ltd., Jordache, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees, M & A Marketing Corp./American Jeans, Meir Panigel, Defendants, Reliance Insurance Company, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Stamboulidis, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Gerald J. Ferguson, on the brief), for Appellees United States Polo Association, Inc., and United States Polo Association Properties, Inc.

Michael S. Sommer, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, N.Y. (Elliot Silverman, Ann E. Schofield, on the brief), for Appellees Jordache, Ltd., United States Polo Association, Ltd., L.V. Enterprises, Inc.

Leslie Gordon Fagen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, N.Y. (Andrew G. Gordon, Darren W. Johnson, on the brief), for Appellant.

Before: LEVAL, SOTOMAYOR, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by plaintiff PRL USA Holdings, Inc., holder of the Ralph Lauren trademarks for clothing, from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Daniels, J.), denying plaintiff's claims of trademark infringement. PRL has for many years used as a mark on Ralph Lauren clothing a famous logo showing in silhouette a mounted polo player with polo mallet raised. PRL brought this action against...

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