Jackson Brewing Co. v. José B. López Succrs., Inc.

Me. Justice "Wole

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Jackson Brewing Co. of Louisiana produced and' sold beer under the trade name of “Jax.” The beverage was sold in Puerto Eico by the firm of Succrs. of José Fer-nández exclusively. The monosyllable “Jax” was by the Jackson Brewing Co., duly registered as a trade-mark for the sale of its beer, both in Puerto Eico and in the State of Louisiana. Several years afterwards, in 1934, the defendant in the case before us placed on the insular market a -beer-under the trade name ‘f Boyal Palm,” but on the label thereof appeared the phrase “Jax…