President Suspender Co. v. Macwilliam
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the President Suspender Company against Plugh. G. Macwilliam, who counterclaimed. Decree for complainant. Final hearing in equity; suit between citizens of different states; action for unfair competition,- for infringement of trade-mark, and also for infringement of Adams patént 687,188, assigned to plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
Plaintiff is a corporation which prior to 1914 was known as the C. A. Fdgarton Manufacturing Company. It has .for many years been engaged in the manufacture and sale of suspenders and garters, and possibly other similar articles. Its corporate existence has been continuous, and it will hereafter be called the “President Company.”
Plaintiff’s position, summarily stated, is that as the owner of the patent in suit it uses the invention thereof in the manufacture of what it calls and sells as “President Suspenders”; that it has an established trade-mark in the name…
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- Weener v. BraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
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- Centaur Co. v. Hughes Bros. Mfg.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1898
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