Illinois Watch-Case Co. v. Elgin Nat. Watch Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The appellee, the Elgin National Watch Company, filed its bill in equity in the court below, selling forth that it was a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois, and having its principal place of business at Elgin, and its office at Chicago, in that state; that the defendant, the Illinois Watch-Case Company, is a corporation created and organized under the laws of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The appellee, the Elgin National Watch Company, filed its bill in equity in the court below, selling forth that it was a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois, and having its principal place of business at Elgin, and its office at Chicago, in that state; that the defendant, the Illinois Watch-Case Company, is a corporation created and organized under the laws of the state of Illinois, and having its principal place of business at Elgin, in that state; that tlie oilier defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
It was ruled in Trade-Mark Cases, 100 TJ. S. 82, that the act of congress approved August 14,1876 (19 Stat. 141), was void for want of constitutional authority, but the court expressly left the question undecided “whether the trademark bears such a relation to commerce, in general terms, as to bring it within congressional control when used and applied to the classes of commerce which fall within that control.” That the congress had no power, under the commerce clause of the constitution, to regulate the subject, was ruled by the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of…
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