Browne-Vintners Co. v. National Distillers & Chemical Corp.

McGOHEY, District Judge.

This is an action for injunctive relief and damages for alleged infringement of the three registered trade-marks applied to champagne, “G. H. Mumm & Co.,” “Mumm” and “Mumm-Reims”; and for unfair competition. Jurisdiction rests on the trade-mark laws of the United States and diverse citizenship of the parties.

The defendant, by selling Rhine wine under the name “G. H. v. Mumm,” has competed unfairly with the plaintiffs and infringed their trade-mark “G. H. Mumm & Co.” A decree of injunction will be entered. As the plaintiffs showed no pecuniary loss, an accounting will…