Pansy Waist Co. v. Pansy Dress Co.

Greenbaum, J.:

Plaintiff is a domestic corporation organized in March, 1915, to carry on the business of manufacturing and selling women’s waists, dresses and knitted goods. It is the successor of the business established by one Abraham Solomon in 1876, who in 1908 assumed the trade name and style of Pansy Shirt Waist Company.

In 1910, following the death of Abraham Solomon, the business was «conducted by his widow, who in May, 1910, registered the word “ Pansy ” in conjunction with the representation of the flower, pansy, in the United States Patent Office.

In 1915 the plaintiff corporation…