Beech-Nut Packing Co. v. P. Lorillard Co.

. Mr. Justice Holmes

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity brought -by the petitioner, Beech-Nut Packing Company, a corporation of New York, charging the P. Lorillard Company, a corporation of New Jersey, with infringement of its registered trademark, ‘Beech-Nut,’ and with unfair competition. The bill also takes the possibly broader ground that ‘ BeechNut,’ being the plaintiff’s trade-mark and part of its corporate name, has become the plaintiff’s badge and autograph so far that the public seeing the mark on any package of consumable goods will believe that the article is…