Golden City Restaurant, Inc. v. Florence A. Pike

This case returns to us on a new appeal, taken after remand to the District Court. See Pike v. Ruby Foo’s Den, Inc., of Maryland, 1956, 98 U.S.App.D.C. 126, 232 F.2d 683. We affirm the District Court’s judgment. The present appellant, Golden City Restaurant, Inc., could not have acquired the right to use the name “Ruby Foo” or “Ruby Foo’s Den” on judicial sale by the receiver of the assets of the Maryland corporation (appellee on the former appeal), unless that corporation had by some means acquired a transferable right to use the name. It did not have a right to the name by appropriation and…