Legal Opinion
Yale Electric Corporation v. Robertson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 11, 1928No. 305PublishedCited by 282 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The original examiner concluded that the use of the word “Yale” upon the plaintiff’s goods was confusing to the defendant’s buyers, but based his decision upon the ground that the mark sought to be registered was only a proper name, whose registration the statute did not allow. Th'e commissioner affirmed this decision on the same ground, without passing on the evidence of confusion. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in torn affirmed the Commissioner, but, because of a change in the law, solely on its own finding that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- American Steel Foundries v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Rigney & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Vogue Co. v. Thompson-Hudson Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924
- Beech-Nut Packing Co. v. P. Lorillard Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
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- Lois Sportswear, U.S.A., Inc., and Textiles Y Confecciones Europeas, S.A. v. Levi Strauss & Company, Defendant-Plaintiff-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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