Legal Opinion
United States Ozone Co. v. United States Ozone Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 1932No. 4641PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWham, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
Trade-marks, trade-names, business good will, and unfair competition involve closely related principles of law. Trademarks and trade-names are valuable to their owner because they serve to build up and protect the good will of his business. They are valuable to the buying public, when used as the law contemplates, as a shield against deception. Any use of the trade-mark or the trade-name of another whjch injures the good will of its owner or deceives the public, or both, constitutes unfair competition. Hanover Star Milling Co. v. Metcalf, 240 U. S. 403 at…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- McLean v. FlemingSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- E. F. Prichard Co. v. Consumers Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. A. & P. Radio Stores, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1937
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