Lindner Co. v. Myrod Shoe Co.

This case comes into this court on appeal from the decision of the common pleas court. The plaintiff seeks injunctive relief to restrain the defendants from using a certain trademark known as “Myrod,” and from using the corporate name the “Myrod Shoe Company,” in connection with their shoe business, upon these two grounds:(a) To prevent the violation of a written contract granting to plaintiff the continued and exclusive future use of a certain trade name known as “Myrod.”(b) To prevent unfair competition.

The defendants, Thomas W. Meredith and the Myrod Shoe Company, set forth various…