Coca-Cola Co. v. American Druggists' Syndicate
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the Coca-Cola Company against the American Druggists’ Syndicate and others. On motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
EACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
In Coca-Cola Co. v. Nashville Syrup Co. (U. S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, July 8, 1912) 200 Fed. 157, it was held, in a carefully considered opinion, that complainant has a valid registered trade-mark in the term “Coca-Cola,” applied to the well-known soft drink which it makes and vends. This conclusion I am inclined to accept as correct.
The only question left is whether, in undertaking to afford relief against the use by others of a similar term, the court should enjoin the defendants from selling* the preparation which the defendant Syndicate makes…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coca-Cola Co. v. Nashville Syrup Co.District Court, D. Tennessee · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Dixi-Cola Laboratories, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Nashville Syrup Co. v. Coca Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- Coca-Cola Co. v. StevensonDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1920