Rumford Chemical Works v. Muth
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
In Equity. Bill for injunction to restrain the use of the trade-mark, “Acid Phosphate.” Wotherspoon v. Currie, L. R. 5 H. L. 508; Hier v. Abrahams, 82 N. Y. 519; Congress Spring Case, 45 N. Y. 300; Selchow v. Baker, 93 N. Y. 59; Manufacturing Co. v. Manufacturing Co., 32 Fed. Rep. 94; Benedictine Case, 36 Alb.
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In Equity. Bill for injunction to restrain the use of the trade-mark, “Acid Phosphate.” Wotherspoon v. Currie, L. R. 5 H. L. 508; Hier v. Abrahams, 82 N. Y. 519; Congress Spring Case, 45 N. Y. 300; Selchow v. Baker, 93 N. Y. 59; Manufacturing Co. v. Manufacturing Co., 32 Fed. Rep. 94; Benedictine Case, 36 Alb. Law J. 364; Lockman v. Reilly, 95 N. Y. 65; Smith v. Sixbury, 25 Hun, 232; Roberts v. Sheldon, 8 Biss. 398; Electro-Silicon Co. v. Hazard, 29 Hun, 369; Conrad v. Brewing Co., 8 Mo. App. 277; Lee v. Haley, 21 Law T. (N. S.) 546; Edleston v. Vick, 18 Jur. 7; Kidd v. Johnson, 100 U. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
It appears from the testimony that in chemistry the product obtained by partly neutralizing phosphoric acid with a base is called an acid phosphate of that base, as acid phosphate of lime, acid phosphate of potassium, acid phosphate of magnesium or sodium or zinc or strychnine. There are therefore very many acid phosphates, and the words “acid phosphate” alone suggests an indefinite and incomplete idea, unless, by the context or use or association, there is suggested to the mind the base which must be present a's a constituent of every phosphate. The complainant corporation, doing business in…
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