Legal Opinion
Telechron, Inc. v. Telicon Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 4, 1947No. Civ. A. No. 934PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, District Judge.
Both to sight and sound Telechron and Telicon are similar. The mere utterance ■of the two words ajpproaches an absolute ■identity in sound. Beside the point, says defendant, because the plaintiff’s first field of endeavor was clocks and motors, not radio or television and I was first in the field. Defendant alleges it made up its name from two Greek -words “Tele”, meaning distant and “ikon”, meaning image, because these two words in combination are suggestive of defendant’s proposed field — television — and, in adopting the name it had no intent to ride on the coattails…
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- William Goldman Theatres, Inc. v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Standard Oil Co. of New Mexico, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
- Akron-Overland Tire Co. v. Willys-Overland Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1921
- Lambert Pharmacal Co. v. Bolton Chemical Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- House of Westmore, Inc. v. DenneyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Telechron, Inc. v. Telicon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Telechron, Inc. v. Telicon Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1951
- Colonial Radio Corporation v. Colonial Television Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1948