Higgins v. Keuffel
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The complainants were citizens of the United States, and residents of Brooklyn in the State, of New York.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The complainants were citizens of the United States, and residents of Brooklyn in the State, of New York. They were engaged in the manufacture of various articles, among others of inks, in that city and in the city of New York, and have been since 1885. They claimed to be entitled to the exclusive use of a label containing the words “ water-proof drawing ink,” and that the defendants had infringed upon their rights by the use of the label on bottles of ink manufactured and sold by them. The present suit…
1Opinion of the Court
Mp. Justice Field,
after stating the case as aboye, delivered the opinion of the court.
The complainants found their claim to an injunction restraining the use of their registered label by the defendants, and to an accounting for the profits made by them on the sales of bottles of ink with such .labels, upon the ground that one of their .number had secured a copyright of the same for the period of twenty-eight years from the time it was registered, and had transferred to them -his exclusive right to, its use for five years from May 1, 1885. -On the other hand, the defendants contest the claim…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. SteffensSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Callaghan v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and GriggSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Manufacturing Co. v. TrainerSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Ansehl v. Puritan Pharmaceutical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
- Spencer Gifts, Inc. v. Taxation Div. DirectorNew Jersey Tax Court · 1981
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