Code v. Seattle Theatre Corporation

The plaintiff brought this action to restrain the defendants from using, assuming or adopting the name “Paramount”, and from changing the name of the “Seattle Theatre” to “Seattle Paramount Theatre,” and for damages. The cause was tried to the court, resulting in a judgment denying injunctive relief and dismissing the action, from which plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

In June, 1921, the appellant erected and opened his motion picture theatre at 2115 north Forty-fifth street, Seattle, Washington, and continuously thereafter operated under the trade name of “Paramount Theatre.” In 1926, the…