Legal Opinion
San Francisco Ass'n for Blind v. Industrial Aid for Blind, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1946No. 13143PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment dismissing the complaint of the appellant The complaint charged the appellee with infringement of rhe appellant’s registered trade-mark “Blindcraft” and with unfair competition. The appellant will be referred to as “plaintiff”, and the appellee as “defendant”. The District Court determined that the term “Blindcraft” is descriptive and not subject to appropriation as a trademark, and that defendant’s products, which bear the mark “Blind-Kraft”, were not shown to have come into competition with those of plaintiff. The plaintiff asserts that,…
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