William Rogers Manufacturing Co. v. Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Shit for an injunction against the use of a certain name in a trade-mark, and for an account and damages; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The folio-wing facts were found by a committee:— The plaintiff is a corporation organized in 1872, under the joint-stock laws of this state, located in Hartford, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of spoons, forks and knives.
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Shit for an injunction against the use of a certain name in a trade-mark, and for an account and damages; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The folio-wing facts were found by a committee:— The plaintiff is a corporation organized in 1872, under the joint-stock laws of this state, located in Hartford, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of spoons, forks and knives. It succeeded to the business of a partnership of the same name which had been formed in 1865. For one or two years after its organization as a corporation its sales were considerable, amounting to nearly $140,000…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
This is a complaint for an infringement of a trade-mark, asking for an injunction and damages.
Between the years 1847 and 1850 William Rogers, Sr., acquired and preserved to his death in 1873 a valuable *562reputation in the market as a skillful and honest manufacturer of silver-plated ware. His son "William Rogers, Jr., from boyhood had connection with the manufacture of such ware by the various concerns with which his father was connected. By reason thereof since 1864 to this present he has had a valuable independent reputation in the market for skill and integrity in such manufacture.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rogers & Brother v. RogersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- England v. New York Publishing Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1878
3Cited by18 opinions
- Garrett v. T. H. Garrett & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Nelson v. J. H. Winchell & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- N. K. Fairbank Co. v. Luckel, King & Cake Soap Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- R. W. Rogers Co. v. Wm. Rogers Manuf'g Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
- Coty, Inc. v. Parfums De Grande Luxe, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
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