Kodak v. Watson

DOWLING, J.,

It has been said that the two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputations and our lives. As expressed by the immortal Bard:

*623“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls;

Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;

’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;

But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him

And makes me poor indeed.”1

Expressed more succinctly in an earlier play:

“Thy death-bed is no lesser than the land Wherein thou liest in reputation, sick.”2

The final…