Giragosian v. Chutjian
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 21, 1905, to restrain the defendant from using the names “ Oriental Rug and Carpet Renovating Company ” and “ Oriental Carpet and Rug Renovating Company ” to designate or in connection with the defendant’s business, praying for an injunction and for damages. The case was heard by Sheldon, J., who found the facts which are stated in substance in the opinion.
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Bill in EQUITY, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 21, 1905, to restrain the defendant from using the names “ Oriental Rug and Carpet Renovating Company ” and “ Oriental Carpet and Rug Renovating Company ” to designate or in connection with the defendant’s business, praying for an injunction and for damages. The case was heard by Sheldon, J., who found the facts which are stated in substance in the opinion. He made a decree enjoining the defendant from using, in connection with his business, the name “ Oriental Carpet and Rug Renovating Works,” or any other colorable imitation of…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff contends that the defendant has interfered with his rights to the use of his trade name, “ Oriental Process Rug Renovating Company,” as a designation of the business carried on by him. The single justice who heard the case found that the plaintiff has used this name since September, 1900, and that the defendant began to carry on a business similar to that of the plaintiff at about the same time, under the name, “ Oriental Rug and Carpet Renovating Works.” “ When the defendant adopted this name the plaintiff had not acquired any rights in his own trade name; it had not become…
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