Legal Opinion

Gordon's Dry Gin Co. v. Eddy & Fisher Co.

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided December 29, 1917PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Equity. Bill by the Gordon’s Dry Gin Company, Limited, against the Eddy & Eisher Company.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, District Judge.

The bill charges unlawful imitation of plaintiff’s trade-marks and labels and unfair competition.

Upon a comparison of the respective labels of plaintiff and defendant there appears a general resemblance, which, on a casual observátion, might lead to- a confusion of goods. This general resemblance is not destroyed by the points of difference upon which the defendant insists.

At the hearing the plaintiff introduced in evidence, without objection from the defendant certificate of registration No. 21,734 of trademark for spirituous liquors and cordials, consisting of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Straus v. Notaseme Hosiery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. De Voe Snuff Co. v. WolffCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
  3. Bates v. United Shoe Machinery Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1913

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Reid, Murdoch & Co. v. H. P. Coffee Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  2. Mershon Company v. Frank A. Pachmayr, and Frank A. Pachmayr, Doing Business Under the Fictitious Firm Name and Style of Pachmayr Gun WorksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
  3. Schroeder v. LotitoDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1983
  4. Ammon v. Narragansett Dairy Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1918
  5. Stark v. Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919

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