Legal Opinion

Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Acetylene Welding Co.

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided August 8, 1916PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Prest-O-Eite Company, Incorporated, against the Acetylene Welding Company, Leonard Eorentowitz, and John Lorentowitz. On final hearing.

1Opinion of the Court

HAIGHT, District Judge.

The evidence conclusively establishes that the defendant Acetylene Welding Company, for a considerable period of time before and after the filing of the bill in this case, was engaged in the practices which have heretofore been held by this court, in Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Bournonville, 260 Fed. 440, 442, 446, to constitute an infringement of plaintiff’s trade-mark, as well as unfair competition. The plaintiff, as against that defendant, is therefore clearly entitled to an injunction as broad as that which was preliminarily granted in this case. But I am now convinced that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Belknap v. SchildSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. National Cash-Register Co. v. LelandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
  3. Myers v. HettingerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
  4. Cahoone Barnet Manuf'g Co. v. Rubber & Celluloid Harness Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1891
  5. Howard v. St. Paul Plow-WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1888

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. General Electric Co. v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  2. Hitchcock v. American Plate Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1919
  3. Wheeler v. Layman FoundationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. Matzger v. VinikowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
  5. National Geographic Soc. v. Classified Geographic, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939

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