Legal Opinion
Pure Oil Co. v. Puritan Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 14, 1942No. 185PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves only the question of the substantive jurisdiction of the district court. The complaint on its face appears to have been framed under the Trade-Mark Act of 1905 alone; it alleged that the plaintiff was the owner of a number of registered trade-marks which contained the word, “Pure,” or its first three letters, “Pur,” and that the defendant, which operated a “service station” in Hartford, Connecticut, had infringed these marks by selling oil and gasoline under the name, “Pure,” in interstate commerce. Upon the trial it appeared that the plaintiff did…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Gibbs v. BuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Thomson v. GaskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Steele v. Bulova Watch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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- Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Food Fair, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
- Zalkind v. ScheinmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Franchised Stores of New York, Inc. And Thomas Carvel v. Martin WinterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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