Legal Opinion
Lever Bros. v. J. Eavenson & Sons, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 1935PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The plaintiffs are the manufacturers of Lifebuoy health soap. The defendant Eavenson manufactures a number of brands of “ health soap,” red in color and carbolic in odor. The defendant R. C. Williams & Co., Inc., sells one of these brands. (Reference hereinafter to “ defendant ” means the manufacturer, Eavenson.) The plaintiff establishes as a fact the use for almost forty years of a collocation of various features with reference to Lifebuoy soap. This collocation embodies red color, carbolic odor and octagonal shape. By the expenditure of large sums of money in advertising and sales…
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- Lucien Lelong v. George W. Button CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1943
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- Lever Bros. v. J. Eavenson & Sons, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941