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LUCKY BRAND DUNGAREES, INC. v. 
MARCEL FASHIONS GROUP, INC. 
Opinion of the Court 

“Get  Lucky”  phrase.  Marcel  argued  only  that  Lucky
Brand’s  continued,  post-2010  use  of  Lucky  Brand’s  own 
marks—some  of  which  used  the  word  “Lucky”—infringed
Marcel’s “Get Lucky” mark in a manner that (according to 
Marcel) was previously found infringing.1  Marcel requested
that the District Court enjoin Lucky Brand from using any
of Lucky Brand’s marks containing the word “Lucky.” 

The District Court granted Lucky Brand summary judg-
ment,  concluding  that  Marcel’s  claims  in  the  2011  Action
were essentially the same as its counterclaims in the 2005 
Action. 

But  the  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Second  Circuit  disa-
greed.  779  F. 3d  102.    The  court  concluded  that  Marcel’s 
claims  in  the  2011  Action  were  distinct  from  those  it  had 
asserted in the 2005 Action, because the claims at issue in 
the  2005  Action  were  “for  earlier  infringements.”    Id.,  at 
110.  As the court noted, “[w]inning a judgment . . . does not 
deprive the plaintiff of the right to sue” for the defendant’s 
“subsequent similar violations.”  Id., at 107. 

The  Second  Circuit  further  rejected  Marcel’s  request  to
hold Lucky Brand in contempt for violating the injunction 
issued in the 2005 Action.  The court noted that the conduct 
at issue in the 2011 Action was Lucky Brand’s use of its own
marks—not the use of the phrase “Get Lucky.”  By contrast,
the 2005 injunction prohibited Lucky Brand from using the 
“Get Lucky” mark—not Lucky Brand’s own marks that hap-
pened to contain the word “Lucky.”  Id., at 111.  Moreover, 
the court reasoned that the jury in the 2005 Action had been 
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1 See Complaint for Injunctive Relief and Trademark Infringement in
No. 1:11–cv–05523 (SDNY), Doc. 1, ¶15 (“Despite the entry of the [2005
Action judgment], [Lucky Brand] ha[s] continued to willfully . . . infringe 
[Marcel’s]  GET  LUCKY  mark  by using  the  Lucky  Brand  marks  in  the 
identical  manner  and  form and  on  the  same  goods  for which  [it]  w[as]
found liable for infringement”); id., ¶20 (“Despite the entry of the” 2005 
Action  judgment,  Lucky  Brand  has  “continued  its  uninterrupted  and 
willful use of the Lucky Brand marks and any other trademarks includ-
ing the word ‘Lucky’ ”).