DQI shipping newly packaged DQI one cologne following settlement with Calvin Klein.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
DQI TO DESTROY "ENTIRE INVENTORY" OF CK ONE KNOCK-OFF SCENT PACKAGING as part of a May 16 settlement between Calvin Klein Cosmetics and Designer Quality Impressionists International. The settlement follows a trademark infringement suit filed May 5 by Calvin Klein Cosmetics against New York City-based DQI and the New York drug store chain Duane Reade, charging that the packaging for the DQI one fragrance is an infringement of Calvin Klein's cK one trademark and trade dress. DQI has agreed to permanently discontinue using the cK one trademark and trade dress in any of its packaging and advertising. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan.