Franck v. Frank Chicory Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
This was a suit in equity for an accounting and an injunction against the use of complainants’ trade name and unfair competition by the imitation of complainants’ packages. The following are complainants’ exhibits:
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The allegations of the bill of complaint are fully sustained by the testimony, and a case of unfair competition in trade is clearly established against the defendants. The facts are substantially as follows: The firm of Heinrich Franck Söhne, of Germany, are manufacturers of chicory as a substitute for coffee,' having several factories in Europe. Their establishment dates from about the year 1822, and its business has been extensive and well known for half a century, and their products under the name of “Franck Kaffee,” and subsequently of “Franck Chicory,” have been…
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