Legal Opinion

Moxie Co. v. Daoust

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 11, 1913No. 1,006PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hamphire; Edgar Aldrich, Judge. Suit by the Moxie Company against Daniel Daoust. From a judgment for defendant (197 Fed. 678), complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, District Judge.

The Moxie Company makes and sells a beverage well known as “Moxie.” Daoust is a manufacturer of beverages, at Manchester, N. H., and makes a beverage quite similar in color and taste, which he calls “Bo-La.” This is put up in bottles which, in size and shape, closely resemble the Moxie bottle, which is of a distinctive shape for many years associated with the beverage “Moxie.” These bottles were manufactured to order for Daoust. When used for dispensing the beverage over a counter, the resemblance of the bottles is so close that the Bo-1 .a bottle would appear to the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Coca Cola Co. v. Gay-Ola Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Chickering v. Chickering & SonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
  2. United States Ex Rel. Mutual Metal Mfg. Co. v. BiggsDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1942
  3. Krem-Ko Co. v. R. G. Miller & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
  4. Sarah B. Danning, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Samuel N. Sherman, Dba Southern California College of Business, Bankrupt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  5. Yellow Cab Co. of New Orleans, Inc. v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924

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