Helmet Co. v. Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. Suit in equity by the Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Company against the Helmet Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The parties to this appeal are each engaged in the manufacture and sale of chewing gum. In a suit for unfair competition, and on final hearing, the Wrigley Company was granted a decree enjoining the Helmet Company from selling or marketing chewing gum “in cartons, packages or wrappers in size, form, color, or in arrangement of printing or device, in color, language or symbols, simulating” complainant’s product, as identified in its bill, and particularly from selling chewing gum “in wrappers or packages containing or employing printed matter or devices in color,…
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