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MRS. U.S. NAT. PAGEANT v. MISS U.S. ORGANIZATION

No. 12-CV-6137L.

875 F.Supp.2d 211 (2012)

MRS. UNITED STATES NATIONAL PAGEANT, INC., Plaintiff, v. MISS UNITED STATES of America ORGANIZATION, LLC, Steven Gambrell, Tammy Johns, Defendants.

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

July 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. O'Brien, Jr., F. Michael Ostrander, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Rochester, NY, for Plaintiff.

Paul F. Shanahan, Pittsford, NY, Todd R. Ellis, Irmo, SC, for Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.

The maxim that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" may well be true, but in matters of intellectual property, efforts at imitation are not always taken as a compliment, as they often lead to a violation of property rights. The case now before the Court provides an example of just such a situation.

This is a trademark dispute. Plaintiff, Mrs. United States National Pageant, Inc...

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