Job Printers Union v. Kinsley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Injunction.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. This is a bill seeking to restrain appellant by injunction from using a trade-mark or label, which it is alleged “ so nearly imitates and resembles the label of the International Typographical Union as to deceive and defraud those who are intending to and desirous of obtaining the products of the…
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Bill for an Injunction.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. This is a bill seeking to restrain appellant by injunction from using a trade-mark or label, which it is alleged “ so nearly imitates and resembles the label of the International Typographical Union as to deceive and defraud those who are intending to and desirous of obtaining the products of the members” of the said union. It is further charged that the products of the appellant corporation are inferior in quality to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
Appellee files this bill as agent for himself and all other members of the Typographical Union of North America, several thousands, it is alleged, in number. Land Co. v. Peck, 112 Ill. 408-435. The cause was heard upon bill, answer and replication. The respective labels of appellant and appellee are shown in the pleadings. It appears that both parties use different sizes of the same label, and three of these sizes as used by both parties have a general resemblance respectively to each other, as is apparent from inspection. They are as follows :
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- New England Awl & Needle Co. v. Marlborough Awl & Needle Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Chicago & Great Western Railroad Land Co. v. PeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Ball v. SiegelIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Eckhart v. Consolidated Milling Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
- Baldassano v. AccetturaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1949
- O'Cedar Corp. v. S. S. Kresge Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1930