Ogilvie v. G. & C. Merriam Co.

COLT, Circuit Judge.

This bill and.cross-bill present two general questions: Has the defendant, the G. & C. Merriam Company, the exclusive right to the use of the name “Webster” in the title of dictionaries of the English language? and, second, has the complainant, George W. Ogilvie, unmistakably informed the public that his dictionary is a Webster’s dictionary published by George W Ogilvie, and not a Webster’s dictionary published by the G. & C. Merriam Company?

The dictionary published by Ogilvie is entitled “Webster’s Imperial Dictionary,” and he seeks by his bill to enjoin the Merriam…