Legal Opinion
Esso, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1938No. 11099PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree enjoining appellant from using the term “Esso,” either - alone or in combination with other names, terms, letters, marks, symbols, or syllables in connection with petroleum and its. products in the States of Missouri, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The court found that the use of such word or term by itself or in such combination constituted an infringement of plaintiff’s trademarks established and used by it in said states, and that the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- McLean v. FlemingSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Menendez v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Harold F. Ritchie, Inc. v. Chesebrough-Pond's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- The Standard Oil Company, a Corporation and Sohio Petroleum Company, a Corporation v. Standard Oil Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Brooks Bros. v. Brooks Clothing of California, Ltd.District Court, S.D. California · 1945
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. American Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- David Sherman Corporation, Doing Business as the Sarnoff Company v. Heublein, Inc., Doing Business as Ste Pierre Smirnoff, FlsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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