Legal Opinion
Beacon Magazines, Inc. v. Popular Publications Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 23, 1936PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff has not shown any exclusive right to the use of the title “ G-Men.” The plaintiff did not create or “-coin ” the appellation. So far as appears, it had a popular source from the activities of Federal investigators in then nation*205wide effort to suppress crime. The plaintiff, therefore, has no property right to the sole use of the phrase.
The order should, therefore, be modified so as to restrict the use of “ Ace-G-Man ” in the title of the defendant’s magazine to uses such as will not imitate in appearance, form or print the design now used in the title of plaintiff’s magazine, and…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- Ball v. United Artists Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
- McGraw-Hill Book Co. v. Random House, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1962
- Dell Publishing Co. v. Ultem Publications, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1939