Gmurzynska v. Hutton

355 F.3d 206 (2004)

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Gmurzynska v. Hutton

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
355 F.3d 206 (2004)

  • Written by Heather Whittemore, JD

Facts

Galerie Gmurzynska (Galerie) (plaintiff), an art gallery in Germany, had a longstanding rivalry with Hutton Galleries (Hutton) (defendant), an art gallery in New York. Art experts associated with Hutton (defendants) allegedly disparaged Galerie to art collectors, suggesting that Galerie had no knowledge of Russian art and was selling fake works of art, and attempting to convince the art collectors to purchase art from Hutton instead. The Hutton-aligned art experts also allegedly convinced a journalist to write a negative article about Galerie for an art journal. Though the article was never published, the journal did advertise that it was planning on publishing an article about Galerie. Galerie filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Hutton and the art experts, arguing that they had violated the Lanham Act by disparaging Galerie and promoting Hutton through false or misleading statements. The district court dismissed Galerie’s complaint, holding that the Lanham Act did not apply to the facts alleged by Galerie, because Hutton itself was not alleged to have made false or misleading statements, and because the art experts were not in competition with Galerie. Galerie appealed.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)

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