Columbia Mill Co. v. Alcorn
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. In equity to restrain an alleged violation of a trade-mark. Decree dismissing the bill, from ivhich complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. .Justice-Jackson
delivered the opinion of the court;
■ Th'e' complainant, a corporation of Minnesota, engaged in the manufacture of flour at Minneapolis in that State, brought this bill to restrain the defendants from using the word “ Columbia ” in a brand placed bn flour sold by them. The complainant alleged that it had selected this word as a fanciful and arbitrary name or trade-mark at least five years prior to the filing of the bill, for the use and purpose of identifying a certain quality of flour of its own manufacture. The complainant’s brand, printed on sacks and stencilled on the…
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