Quaker State Oil Refining Co. v. Steinberg

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaefer,

This is an appeal from the decree of the court below dismissing the complainant’s bill in equity by which it sought to enjoin defendants from using the term “Quaker City” or any trade name in which the word “Quaker” is used, in connection with the sale of their motor oil.

In 1914 the complainant commenced marketing a motor oil under the name “Quaker State.” It is prepared from crude oil produced in certain sections of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, known in the trade and to the public as Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil. From 1914 “Quaker State” oil…