Canister Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.

JOHNSON, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for the ^Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing a bill in equity instituted to restrain unfair competition.

The appellant for a number of years has been manufacturing and selling fibre containers. One of the features of the containers is a metal strip used, instead of glue, to bind the fibre and to serve as a distinctive design.

The appellant sold to Frankfort Distilleries, Inc., machines for assembling containers, and, from time to time, containers to be assembled by Frankfort Distilleries,, Inc. Subsequently,…