Shaver v. Shaver
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardm Circuit Cowrt. . Action in chancery to enjoin defendants from the use of a trade mark. Upon the final hearing, a decree was entered granting the relief sought in plaintiff’s petition. Defendants appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i trade tecSon^ oip’10" jurisdiction. I. Counsel for defendants maintain that the right to the exclusive use of a trade mark, by the person first ^opting it, is not recognized by the common law> anc^ £hafc> ift' the absence of statutes, the courts will not afford relief to the person injured, *209by awarding damages for the unauthorized use of the trade mark, or restrain, by injunction, such use. This position finds no support in the books. Eor three hundred years the common law has recognized the right of the proprietor of a trade mark to its exclusive use, and has awarded damages for the…
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