Rome Machine & Foundry Co. v. Davis Foundry & Machine Works
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Wright. Eloyd superior, court. January 14, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
1. A corporation lias an exclusive right to tlie use of its own name, and it will be protected by a court of equity, by injunction, against the use of such name by another corporation. Th$ corporate name is a necessary element of the corporate existence, and the right to its exclusive use will be protected upon like -principles to those under which persons are protected in-the use of trade-marks. Creswill v. Knights of Pythias, 133 Ga. 837 (67 S. E. 188); Clark on Corp. (2d ed.) 64; Hopkins on Unfair Trade, § 54; Paul on Trade-marks, § 168.
*182. Generally geographical names' are not the. subject…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Elgin National Watch Co. v. Illinois Watch Case Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- French Republic v. Saratoga Vichy Spring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Creswill v. Grand Lodge Knights of PythiasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
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