American Legal Aid, Inc. v. Legal Aid Services, Inc.

This was an action by Legal Aid Services, Inc. (plaintiff below and appellee here) to enjoin the defendant, American Legal Aid, Inc. from using the term “Legal Aid” in defendant’s corporate title, sales presentations, or contracts on the grounds that it was deceptively similar and therefore violated plaintiff’s right as a prior incorporator to the exclusive use of the name “Legal Aid,” and further, that the term “Legal Aid” in defendant’s corporate name contained a phrase which indicated or implied that it was organized for a purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in its…