Coca-Cola Co. v. Koke Co. of America
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in equity brought by the Coca-Cola Company to prevent the infringement of its tradé-mark Coca-Cola and unfair competition with it in its business of making and selling the beverage for which the trade-mark is us.ed. The District Court gave the plaintiff a decree. 235 Fed. Rep. 408. This was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 255 Fed. Rep. 894. Subsequently a writ of certiorari was granted by this Court. 250 U. S. 637.
It appears that after the plaintiff’s predecessors in title had used the mark for some years it was registered under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1881,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Coca Cola Co. of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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