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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ....................................... - X JA APPARE L CORP. Plaintiff, 07 Civ. 7 787 (THK) v. MEMORANDUM : OPINION AN D ORDER JOSE PH ABBOUD, HOUNDSTOOTH CORP., and : HERRINGBON E CREATIVE SERVICES, INC., Defendants. ....................................... -X JOSEPH ABBOUD, HOUNDS TOOTH CORP., an d : HERR INGB ONE CREATIVE SERVICES, INC., Counterclaim-Plaintiffs, : v. JA APPAREL CORP. and MARTIN STAFF, Counterclaim-Defendants ............. .............. ............ -X THEODORE H . KATZ, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE. In this action, Plainti ff JA Apparel Corp. ("Plaintiff" or ' J A Apparel") sues Defendants Joseph Abboud (' Ab bo ud ") , Houndstooth Corp. (\\Houndstooth"), nd Herringbone Creative Services, Inc. ("Herringbone") (at times, collectively "Abboud" for (1) breach of contract, (2) trademark infringement, false designation o f origin, unfair competition, trademark dilution, false and deceptive trade practices, and (3) a declaratory judgment regarding the nature of its rights, stemming from a June 16, 2000 Purchase and Sale Agre emen t (the "Agreement"), and a related July 13, 2 000 Side Letter Agre ement (the "Sid e Letter"), between, on the one hand, JA

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