Legal Opinion

Baker v. Simmons Co.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 20, 1962No. 5962PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an injunction issued by the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts on November 16,1961 in an action involving trademark infringement and unfair competition.

Plaintiff, appellee — the Simmons Company — is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of mattresses and box springs. Plaintiff’s predecessor company first began manufacturing beds and bed springs for the public under the name Simmons in 1899. In 1959 plaintiff had a business volume of $132,600,000. It now sells approximately twenty per cent of all the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  4. Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Yale Electric Corporation v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928

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