Reddy Kilowatt, Inc. v. Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, Inc., and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought to secure an injunction against the infringement of the trademark or service mark “Reddy Kilowatt”, owned by Reddy Kilowatt, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which was plaintiff in the District Court. The mark is licensed to private electric light and power companies, which use it as a symbol to promote the consumption of electricity. The mark consists of an animated, humanized and fantastic cartoon or figure composed of a body and limbs of jagged lines simulating lightning, a rounded head with a light bulb for a nose and plug-in sockets for ears. It is…