Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Co. v. Wilson
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 9, 1915No. 52PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Eord Motor Company against Thomas Wilson, doing business as the Auto Parts Company.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
[1] The defendant does business under the name of Auto Parts Company, and manufactures and sells various parts adapted for use in Eord automobiles. He has extensively advertised these parts, preceding the name of the part with the word “Eord.”
Though the parts are adapted for use in Ford machines the description of the article as a Eord article would be taken to mean an article manufactured or put out by the Ford Company, and would not properly include an article wholly manufactured and put out without the supervision of the Ford Company.
The defendant also issues a…
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