Pipe Linings, Inc. v. Inplace Linings, Inc.

BOYD, Justice.

This is a case of alleged unfair competition. Pipe Linings, Inc., sued Inplace Linings, Inc., for a permanent injunction restraining the defendant from using the words “in place” in its corporate name because the plaintiff alleged that the defendant, by adopting a corporate name so similar to plaintiff’s corporate name, had confused and deceived the public, including potential customers, to the extent that a person intending to deal with the plaintiff would, by mistake, deal with the defendant; and that the plaintiff, by extensive advertising and sales promotion, had acquired a…