Legal Opinion
John Morrell & Co. v. Doyle
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 1938No. 6446PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order granting an injunction and accounting in a trademark case. The plaintiff is a packer of meat and food products, while the defendants are dog food manufacturers.
Plaintiff, as early as 1899, registered the word Heart in association with the outline of a heart for cured meats. After-wards, similar registrations were made for a wide variety of products including dairy, hog, stock, and poultry feeds of various kinds. On May 17, 1932, plaintiff filed an application in the United States Patent Office for the words “Red Heart” and the picture of a…
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- Layton Pure Food Co. v. Church & Dwight Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
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