Legal Opinion
Glenmore Distilleries Co. v. National Distillers Products Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1939No. 4409PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This suit for trade mark infringement was instituted by Glenmore Distilleries Company, owner of the trade mark Kentucky Tavern, as applied to whisky, to enjoin the use by National Distillers Products Corporation of the mark Town Tavern on whisky or other alcoholic beverages. The District Judge rendered an opinion (D.C., 23 F.Supp. 928) in which he held that the similarity of the marks was not such as to be likely to confuse a purchaser of the goods exercising ordinary caution in his dealings; and since there was no claim of unfair competition by fraudulent simulation on…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Coca-Cola Co. v. Snow Crest Beverages, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1946
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- Telechron, Inc. v. Telicon Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1951
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