Boardman v. Meriden Britannia Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for an injunction against the use of certain labels claimed to he a violation of the petitioners? trade-mark, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex county. The following facts were reported by a committee to whom the case was referred.
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Petition for an injunction against the use of certain labels claimed to he a violation of the petitioners? trade-mark, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex county. The following facts were reported by a committee to whom the case was referred. The petitioners, Luther Boardman and Norman S. Board-man, are partners under the name of L. Boardman & Son, and ever since the formation of the copartnership in 1863 have carried on the business of manufacturing britannia spoons of various styles and sizes in the town of East Haddam in Middlesex County. In the year 1844, Luther Boardman commenced…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The office of a trade-mark is to designate the true origin or ownership of the article or fabric to which it is affixed. When any mark, symbol or device is used merely to indicate the name, quality, style or size of an article it cannot be protected as a trade-mark.
The object or purpose of the law in protecting trade-marks as property, is two fold; first, to secure to him who has been instrumental in bringing into market a superior article of merchandise, the fruit of his industry and skill; second, to protect the community from imposition, and furnish some guaranty that an article, purchased…
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