Williamson Candy Co. v. Ucanco Candy Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge.
This is a suit by injunction. Appellant, plaintiff below, obtained a preliminary injunction against the appellee, defendant below; but; such order not being as full as prayed in the bill, it appeals.
Both parties are corporations respectively of Illinois and Iowa and were engaged in the manufacture and sale of certain candy products.
It is alleged in the bill that the appellant had acquired by assignment as a trade-mark for its candy product the words “Oh Henry !” and that said words had been continuously and exclusively used in its business; that said words had not been…
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