Richmond Hosiery Mills v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, a Georgia corporation, engaged in manufacturing hosiery, had mills at Rossville, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn. In 1908 it adopted and copyrighted the trade-mark ‘ ‘ Wunder-hose” for certain of its products made at the Chattanooga mill and from the latter part of that 'year until the early part of 1914 it carried on an extensive campaign advertising ‘ ‘ Wunderhose, ’ ’ and expended $223,749.77 for 'that purpose. Petitioner employed a number of traveling salesmen to sell its products. These men ostens'ively sold two lines of hosiery, one under the name of the…