Legal Opinion
Overseas News Agency, Inc. v. Overseas Press, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 1, 1944PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
Petitioner, Overseas News Agency, Inc., brings this proceeding under section 964 of the Penal Law to enjoin the respondents, Overseas Press, Inc., and its owner, from using the name “ Overseas ” in connection with their press agency. The statute permits the issuance of an injunction in a summary proceeding upon a showing that a person, with intent to deceive, has assumed a name which may deceive the public as to the identity of such person. (Matter of Julius Restaurant v. Lombardi, 282 N. Y. 126.) The present motion'is for the relief prayed for in the petition.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eastern Construction Co. v. Eastern Engineering Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Matter of Julius Restaurant v. LombardiNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Bill's Gay Nineties, Inc. v. FisherNew York Supreme Court · 1943
- Fainblatt v. Leo Sportswear Co.New York Supreme Court · 1942
- Schenne v. BensonNew York Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York, Inc. v. Contracting Plumbers Ass'n of Brooklyn & Queens, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Industrial Plants Corp. v. Industrial Liquidating Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- Rayco Manufacturing Co. v. Layco Auto Seat Cover Center, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1954
- Overseas News Agency, Inc. v. Overseas Press, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1945
- Precision Apparatus Co. v. Precision Meter Co.New York Supreme Court · 1956
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