De Long Hook & Eye Co. v. Francis Hook & Eye & Fastener Co.

HAZEL, District Judge.

This action is brought to-enjoin the defendant from selling and exposing for sale hooks and eyes stitched upon cards together with what are known as “invisible eyes,” and which cards bear letters, words, and pictures arranged in simulation of complainant’s previously adopted method of introducing its commodity to the trade. Complainant claims that the defendant placed its merchandise upon the market in a form calculated to mislead the ordinary purchaser into the belief that its goods were those of complainant. Although complainant also used upon its cards the registered…