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YANKEE CANDLE CO., INC. v. BRIDGEWATER CANDLE CO.

No. Civ.A. 98-30226-MAP.

99 F.Supp.2d 140 (2000)

The YANKEE CANDLE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. BRIDGEWATER CANDLE COMPANY, LLC, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary R. Bonzagni, Law Offices of Donald S. Holland, Longmeadow, MA, Donald S. Holland, Holland & Bonzagni, P.C., Longmeadow, MA, Gregory L. Baker, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Washington, DC, Colin Foley, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Washington, DC, Cecil E. Key, Jr., Baker Botts, L.L.P., The Warner, Washington, DC, for Yankee Candle Company, plaintiff.

Bruce R. Parker, Katherine M. Hamill, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, Jeffrey M. Karmilovich, Richard M. Moose, Dority & Manning, Greenville, SC, Michael A. Albert, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, Boston, MA, for Bridgewater Candle Company, LLC, The, defendant.

MEMORANDUM REGARDING DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Docket Nos. 78, 130 & 134)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1998, the Yankee Candle Company ("Yankee") sued Bridgewater Candle Company ("Bridgewater") on five counts: 1) for violation of Yankee's copyright on nine of its candle labels; 2) for false designation of origin under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(A); 3) for common law trade dress infringement...

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