Legal Opinion
Skil Corp. v. Barnet
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 7, 1958PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This is a bill in equity to enjoin the defendant from using the trade mark “Skill Built” and the name “Skill Built Tool Company” and for an assessment of damages and accounting. The trial judge made findings, stated below. From a final decree dismissing the bill, the plaintiff appeals.
The plaintiff has branch offices in thirty-three States. Starting in 1924 it, or a predecessor corporation, sold portable electric saws under the trade mark “Skil Saw” and “for at least the past ten years” it has had “a complete line of portable electric hand tools and accessories,” all of which are sold under…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Q-Tips, Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Birnbaum v. PamoukisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Berry v. KyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WisemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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