ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT,
v.
HONEYWELL, INC., DEFENDANT, APPELLEE

1st Cir. | 1973-12-03
No. 73-1260
487 F.2d 513 United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1973) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

After argument and studying the briefs, we have come to the conclusion that we cannot improve on the thoughtful opinion of the district court, 358 F. Supp. 1230 (D.Mass.1973). We therefore affirm on the basis of that opinion. We add only two comments. The first is that appellant makes the pillar of its claim for punitive damages, fees, and costs, despite absence of any proof of actual damages, our statements in the prior case, Electronics Corporation of America v. Honeywell, Inc., 428 F. 2d 191, 194 (1st Cir. 1970), that material misrepresentations “will damage” and that in a two-firm market “harm is sufficiently apparent” when such misrepresentations are made. While we cannot fault appellant for seizing on this language, we do not recant. When we spoke of the inevitability of harm we were not addressing the availability of damages but of relief. Because appel- lee’s harmful conduct was discontinued and no actual damage was shown no further relief is indicated. Our second comment is that in relying on the district court opinion, we do not indicate necessary agreement with its conclusion that palming off is not an essential element of a Lanham Act claim. We say this only because such a stance is not necessary for the decision of this appeal.

Affirmed.


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