Hohner v. Gratz
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Bill by Mathias Hohner against William R. Gratz to restrain the violation of a trade-mark.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, District Judge.
The recent adjudication in Germany which is sought to be set up as a supplemental answer in bar of the complainant’s demand, is not, in my judgment, entitled to the force of an adjudication in an action like the present. The relief prayed for is to restrain the violation of the complainant’s trade-mark in harmonicas, through any sales of the infringing harmonicas by the defendant in this country. The granting of such relief has reference not merely to the complainant’s rights, but to the protection of the American public against imposition. Medicine Co. v. Wood, 108 U.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Manhattan Medicine Co. v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- De Brimont v. PennimanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1873
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