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J. LYONS & CO. LTD. v. REPUBLIC OF TEA, INC.

Nos. 94 Civ. 8976 (SAS), 94 Civ. 8877 (SAS) and 95 Civ. 0151 (SAS).

892 F.Supp. 486 (1995)

J. LYONS & COMPANY LTD. and Tetley Inc., Plaintiff, v. The REPUBLIC OF TEA, INC., Defendant. J. LYONS & COMPANY LTD. and Tetley Inc., Plaintiff, v. CONOPCO INC., d/b/a Thomas J. Lipton Co., Defendant. J. LYONS & COMPANY LTD. and Tetley Inc., Plaintiff, v. INTERPORT NATIONAL CORP., d/b/a Barrows Tea Co., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Cohen, Charles E. Baxley, Joseph T. Murray, Hart, Baxley, Daniels & Holton, New York City, for plaintiffs J. Lyons & Co., Ltd. and Tetley Inc.

Sandra Edelman, Townley & Updike, New York City and John W. Crittenden, Anne H. Peck, Noel C. Johnson, Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum, San Francisco, CA, for defendant The Republic of Tea, Inc.

Jeffrey A. Conciatori, Lisa Simpson, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City and Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, James R. Meyer, Panitch Schwarze Jacobs & Nadel, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Conopco Inc., d/b/a Thomas J. Lipton Co.

Franklin E. Parker, Morristown, NJ, and Daniel C. Perry, Perry, Hicks, Crotty & Mitchell, New Bedford, MA, for defendant Interport Nat. Corp., d/b/a Barrows Tea Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On December 14, 1994, plaintiffs J. Lyons & Company Ltd. and Tetley Inc. ("Lyons") filed suit against The Republic of Tea, Inc. ("Republic") for (1) trademark infringement under Section 32 of the Lanham Trade-Mark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114, (2) unfair competition under Section 43(a) of the Trade-Mark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), (3) common law trademark infringement, ...

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