Legal Opinion
Ohio National Life Ins. v. Ohio Life Ins.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1965No. 39112PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtO’Neill, J.
The question which this court must decide may be stated thus: Is the name of the appellant, The Ohio Life Insurance Company, so similar to that of the appellee, The Ohio National Life Insurance Company, as to lead to probable confusion and uncertainty on the part of the public, thus resulting in unfair competition?
The appellee does not claim that the appellant may not use the words “Life,” or “Insurance,” or “Ohio” in an arrangement of words constituting a corporate name. The appellee contends that the arrangement “The Ohio Life Insurance Company” results in a deceptive similarity with the…
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