Knoedler v. Boussod

The plaintiffs have brought this suit to restrain the defendants from using in New York city, or elsewhere in this country, the trade name of “Goupil & Co.,” or any words indicating that they are successors in trade of Goupil & Co. The facts are these: Several years prior to 1857, Messrs. Goupil & Go., of Paris, dealers there in prints, pictures, etc., had established a branch house in New York city, and carried on the business under the management of M. Knoedler. In 1857 they sold the New York concern to M. Knoedler, reserving the “ownership” of certain designated prints and pictures, the…