Amiesite Asphalt Co. of America v. Interstate Amiesite Co.

NIELDS, District Judge.

Amiesite Asphalt Company of America^ filed its bill of complaint charging the defendant, the Interstate Amiesite Company, with (1) unfair competition in trade in the-use of the word “Amiesite,” and (2) infringement of plaintiff’s registered trade-mark “Amiesite” for a “paving.composition comprising crushed stones coated with asphaltic or other bituminous, resinous, or carbonaceous matter.”

Defendant answers that the right to the-use of the trade-name “Amiesite” passed into the public domain in 1926 upon the expiration of certain United States patents granted to Joseph…