Stachelberg v. Ponce
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE. , This was a trade-mark case. ‘ The principal relief asked by the appellants,; who were' the plaintiffs below, was a decree enjoining the appellee, who was the defendant below, his . agents and servants,. from using as a trade-name in their business of manufacturing and - selling cigars, the words “ Normandie,” or “ E. P. Normanda,” or “ La Normanda,” or “Normanda;”, such use pf those words being,…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE. , This was a trade-mark case. ‘ The principal relief asked by the appellants,; who were' the plaintiffs below, was a decree enjoining the appellee, who was the defendant below, his . agents and servants,. from using as a trade-name in their business of manufacturing and - selling cigars, the words “ Normandie,” or “ E. P. Normanda,” or “ La Normanda,” or “Normanda;”, such use pf those words being, it was' alleged, .a violation of the right of the plaintiffs to the exclusive use of the words “La ..Normandi”-and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
After stating the facts as above, he continued: We are of opinion that the plaintiffs are not entitled to an injunction restraining the defendant from using the words “La Normanda” or “Normanda” as'part of a brand or label for cigars manufactured or sold by him. If it was' satisfactorily shown that those words were not used in the trade j;o designate a particular kind of/ cigars, until after the words “La Normandi” or “ Normandi ” had become a part of -the established trade-mark of Bijur, it might be necessary to consider whether the former words taken in connection with the entire label or…
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