Frank W. Whitcher Co. v. Sneierson
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Equity. Suit by the Frank W. Whitcher Company against Samuel U. Sneierson. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
This bill seeks to restrain an alleged unfair competition by the defendant in the sale of metallic heel protectors.
The plaintiff, a Maine corporation, sells heel protectors made by the United Shoe Machinery Company. It sells them put up in packages of distinctive form and color and hearing distinctive trade-marks and labels. It claims the exclusive right to use these trade-marks and this trade dress. The trade-marks claimed are two in number — one being the word “Circlette.”; the other, a representation of a shoe heel upon which is marked the outline of a series of…
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- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Batcheller v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
- Yale & Towne Mfg. Co. v. FordCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1913
- United Shoe Machinery Co. v. Duplessis Shoe Machinery Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1907
- Stamford Foundry Co. v. Thatcher Furnace Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1912
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- Buffalo Specialty Co. v. Van CleefCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915