Legal Opinion
Saunders System Atlanta Co. v. Drive It Yourself Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 13, 1924No. Nos. 4009, 4010PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
A corporation has the exclusive right to the use of its own name. The corporate name is a necessary element of the corporate existence. A court of equity will enjoin another from using or imitating such name, upon the same principles under which persons are protected in the use of trade-marks. Rome Machinery &c. Co. v. Davis, 135 Ga. 17 (68 S. E. 800). A person or corporation may acquire a trade-name. Such trade-name is as much descrip*6tive of the manufacturer or dealer as his own name. Infringement of the real or trade-name of an individual or corporation…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Elgin National Watch Co. v. Illinois Watch Case Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Saxlehner v. Eisner & Mendelson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Standard Paint Co. v. Trinidad Asphalt Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Tennessee Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. v. Goodyear Rubber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Giant Mart Corp. v. Giant Discount Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Drive It Yourself Co. v. NorthCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
- Home Beverage Service v. BaasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Womble v. ParkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Atlanta Paper Co. v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1937
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