Legal Opinion
Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. J. G. Menihan Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1939No. 2174PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURKE, District Judge.
This is a suit to enjoin trade-mark infringement and unfair competition. The plaintiff asks for an injunction against the use of the word “Menihan” either as a trade-mark or as part of a corporate name and against the use of the terms “Arch Aid” or “Menihan Arch Aid” as trademarks for shoes. An accounting is also demanded.
The Menihan Company from which the plaintiff acquired its rights to the trade-names and trade-marks in question was in the business of manufacturing and selling shoes. The business prospered until about the year 1929 when its annual net sales were…
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