Levy v. Waitt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Equity. Bill by Armand Levy and others against Henry Waifct and others to restrain respondents from infringement of complainants’ trade-mark.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This bill in equity seeks to restrain tbe defendants from the use of the mime “Blaekstone” as a brand for cigars. The evidence discloses that the plaintiffs first manufactured a lot of 5,100 cigars, branded “Blaekstone,” in February, 1878, and shipped them to A. B. Mitchell & Co., of Boston, who were their selling agents in the eastern states. The name “Blackstone,” as applied to a brand of cigars, seems to have been first suggested by B. S. Thompson, a jobber in coffee, tea, and tobacco. Thompson’s place of business was on Blaekstone street, in the city of Boston; and on…
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