Cornibert v. Cohn

Plaintiff and defendant Cohn are competitors.. They are engaged in the business of manufacturing and dealing in silk scarfs and mufflers. Prior to 1938 both manufactured scarfs upon which were screen printed, a football and other collegiate scenes. The other defendants are engaged in the business of textile screen printing.

In the spring of 1938 plaintiff conceived the idea of imprinting upon scarfs containing football or other collegiate scenes a waving pennant containing the authentic color, seal and name of a particular college printed in the corner of the scarf, and caused such a design to…