Baglin v. Cusenier Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM AND ON CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of the word “Chartreuse” as a tráde-mark and other questions in regard to the ownership thereof and the sale of cordials ■under that name, are stated in the opinion. The office of a trade-mark is to guarantee the origin of an article with which it has become identified in the public mind.
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APPEAL FROM AND ON CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of the word “Chartreuse” as a tráde-mark and other questions in regard to the ownership thereof and the sale of cordials ■under that name, are stated in the opinion. The office of a trade-mark is to guarantee the origin of an article with which it has become identified in the public mind. Medicine Co. v. Wood, 108 U. S. 218, 223. Defendant’s use of the “Chartreuse” trade-mark violates the fundamental law of trade-marks. Defendant’s liqueur is of recent origin, its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
Pére Baglin, Superior, General of the Order of Carthusian Monks, for hiraself and the other members of the Order, brought this bill in equity against the Cuseniér Company, a New York corporation, to restrain the infringement' of trade-marks and unfair competition.. The complainant had a decree in the Circuit Court, and this was modified in certain particulars, to which we shall presently refer, by the Circuit Court of Appeals. The complainant then appealed to this court and motion was made to dismiss the appeal, it being urged that the decree below was not final. Complainant then petitioned…
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