Legal Opinion
Fairfield v. American Photocopy Equipment Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 1955No. Civ. 21131PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VALLÉE, J.
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of nonsuit in an action for damages for the unauthorized use by defendant of plaintiff’s name in advertising its product and for an injunction.
The following facts appear from admissions in the pleadings, the evidence, and reasonable inferences therefrom. Plaintiff is an attorney at law admitted to practice in New York and California. Defendant is - an Illinois corporation doing business in California. Defendant is engaged in manufacturing and selling a photocopy machine known as “Apeco Systematic Auto-Stat.” On July 1, 1954, defendant, without the…
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