Edison Storage Battery Co. v. Edison Automobile Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on order to show canse upon bill and affidavits and upon exhibits and affidavits on the part of the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, V. C.
The object of this bill is to prevent the defendant corporation, the Edison Automobile Company of Washington, D. 0.. from continuing to use the word “Edison” cither in its corporate name or otherwise in the conduct of its business, and from holding out to the world that the complainant, Thomas A. Edison, is the inventor of any automobiles manufactured or sold by said corporation, or that the complainant, the Edison *46Storage Battery Company, is the manufacturer of automobiles, or any part thereof, manufactured or sold by it, the defendant.
The facts, most of which are undisputed,…
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