Legal Opinion
Certain-Teed Products Corp. v. Philadelphia & Suburban Mortgage Guarantee Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 6, 1931No. 4432PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In this case the court below dismissed a bill filed by the Certain-Teed Produets Corporation, whose products are roofing and other building materials, against the Philadelphia & Suburban Mortgage Guarantee Company, whose business is buying mortgages and reselling them with the added security of its guaranty of their principal and interest. The bill prayed the defendants be enjoined from its use of a slogan, “A guaranteed mortgage is a certainteed income.” No similarity or simulation of product is involved. No fraud, deception, or confusion in the minds of the public…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- American Steel Foundries v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Rigney & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Wall v. Rolls-Royce of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of New Mexico, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
- E. F. Prichard Co. v. Consumers Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
- House of Westmore, Inc. v. DenneyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Philco Corporation v. F. & B. MFG. CO.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- Telechron, Inc. v. Telicon Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1951
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