Legal Opinion

Trico Products Co. v. Apco-Mossberg Corp.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided September 12, 1929No. 2993PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORTON, District Judge.

At tbe conclusion of tbe arguments I gave an oral decision on certain points, substantially as follows :

“Tbe bill charges both infringement and unfair competition. As to tbe latter it was not referred to in argument, and I infer is in effect abandoned. It was clearly untenable. There is no evidence that the defendant’s packages imitated those of the plaintiff. The mere fact that the defendant’s wipers look like those of the plaintiff is not sufficient to establish, unfair competition, unless, as Judge Burrows pointed out, in a suit by this plaintiff in the Connecticut…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Heaton-Peninsular Button-Fastener Co. v. Eureka Specialty Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  2. Rupp & Wittgenfeld Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904
  3. Trico Products Corporation v. Ace Products CorporationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1929

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Small v. Heywood-Wakefield Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1936
  2. Trico Products Corp. v. Rico Mfg. Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1930
  3. Rico Mfg. Co. v. Trico Products Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1935

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