State v. Bishop
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. J. R. Claiborne, Judge. (1) The label of the Cigar Makers’ International Union of America is not a trade-mark, and is, therefore, not entitled to protection under the laws of Missouri relating to the registration and piracy of trademarks. McVeyv. Brendel, 144 Pa. St. 235; Weenerv. Brayton, 152 Mass. 101; Schneider v. Williams, 44 N. J. Eq. 391; Carson v. TJry, 39 Fed. Rep. 777; Trash Fish Co. v. Wooster, 28 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. J. R. Claiborne, Judge. (1) The label of the Cigar Makers’ International Union of America is not a trade-mark, and is, therefore, not entitled to protection under the laws of Missouri relating to the registration and piracy of trademarks. McVeyv. Brendel, 144 Pa. St. 235; Weenerv. Brayton, 152 Mass. 101; Schneider v. Williams, 44 N. J. Eq. 391; Carson v. TJry, 39 Fed. Rep. 777; Trash Fish Co. v. Wooster, 28 Mo. App. 408; Tobacco Co. v. Tobacco Co., 104 Mo. 53. Because: First. The cigars are not “manufactured or prepared” by the union…
1Opinion of the Court
Burgess, J. —
Defendant was convicted and fined $100 in the St. Louis court of criminal correction under an information filed against him in said court by the assistant prosecuting attorney, charging him with having sold a box of cigars to one David Kreyling, on June 26, 1894, upon which there was a counterfeit label of the Cigar Makers’ International Union of America, contrary to, and in violation of, an act of the general assembly of the state of Missouri, entitled an act to repeal sections 8569, 8570, 8571, 8572, 8573, 8574, 8575, 8576 and 8577 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, entitled…
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