Legal Opinion
American Auto. Ass'n (Incorporated) v. Spiegel
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 25, 1953No. 242, Docket 22622PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The defendant appeals from a summary judgment enjoining his use of the plaintiffs’ trade-mark. The action was brought by the American Automobile Association and the Automobile Club of New York to protect the Association’s trade-mark, “AAA” —enclosed in an oval — from infringement by the defendant, who operates a small automobile filling station in Brooklyn. The defendant, a citizen of New York, does not dispute that he displays the mark in public view at his station, or that he does so in order to protect his business from the competition of filling stations that the…
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- In Re Lyndale FarmCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1951
- Ross Products, Inc. v. NewmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
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