Legal Opinion
Fargo Mercantile Co. v. Brechet & Richter Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1924No. 6244PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, District Judge.
In this suit plaintiff seeks an injunction and damages for infringement of a copyright and for unfair competition in trade. The subject-matter of the claimed copyright is stated by plaintiff to be “a label embodying as the principal and distinguishing features thereof a series of new and original recipes.” The recipes contain detailed directions for making various articles of food and drink, using divers ingredients, including plaintiff’s fruit nectar. The label contains, in addition to the recipes, a fanciful emblem printed in colors, the letters B and R, other printed…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. SteffensSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Jeweler's Circular Pub. Co. v. Keystone Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Higgins v. KeuffelSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Ansehl v. Puritan Pharmaceutical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
- Sieff v. Continental Auto Supply, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1941
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