American Grocery Co. v. Sloan
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a suit by the American Grocery Company against Bennett Sloan & Company to restrain the infringement of plaintiff’s trademark. Complainant moved for a preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, -Circuit Judge.
In the year 1884, the firm of Thurber, Whyland & Co. devised and adopted a trade-mark for a blend of roasted coffee. The name thus adopted was “Momaja.” This name is suggestive of a composition of Mocha, Maracaibo, and Java coffees, but certainly is not sufficiently descriptive to invalidate it as a trade-mark, under the decisions. See the “Cottolene” case (N. K. Fairbank Co. v. Central Land Co., 64 Fed. 133), and cases *540there cited, sustaining “Maicena,” “Cocoaine,” “Valvoline,” “Bro-midia,” and “Bromo-Caffeine.” The brand was at once put on the market, was extensively…
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