Legal Opinion
Sherwood Co. v. Sherwood Distilling Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 27, 1939No. [Nos. 9, 10, October Term, 1939.]PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
The problem in these cases is to determine the owner of the trade-name and the trade-marks of “Sherwood Whiskey.” The question has appeared in this court before, but it was not finally decided. Interstate Distilleries v. Sherwood Distilling & Distributing Co., 173 Md. 173, 195 A.387.
The Sherwood Distilling Company, which commenced the distillation of whiskey at Coekeysville in 1868, was incorporated under the laws of Maryland in 1882. It began the use of trade-marks in 1890 and registered them in the Patent Office in 1913.
In 1917 the Federal Government ordered distillation stopped as a war…
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