Dr. William Howard Hay Foundation v. Safety Harbor Sanatorium

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Alleging that it was the owner of a system or method of treatment known as “The Hay System of Health Control”, or “The Flay Method” for short, plaintiff brought this suit charging defendant with using the method without its consent, and, therefore, with infringement by the unauthorized use of the method, and also with unfair practices in leading the public generally to believe that all the treatments given by the defendant were under the Hay Method, when this was not so. The prayer was for an injunction and for damages. The defenses were: (1) a general denial; (2) a…