General Industries Co. v. 20 Wacker Drive Bldg. Corp.

I think that upon the second question, namely, whether in order to sustain a suit for injunction against the use of a similar corporate name, plaintiff must show in addition to probable confusion in the minds of people, fraud, “palming off” or other intentional acts of unfair competition, the present day rule is more liberal than that announced by my brethren.

In Investors Syndicate of America, Inc., et al. v. Hughes; 378 Ill. 413, 38 N.E.2d 754, 758, in interpreting a statute forbidding the Secretary of State to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign corporation which has a name…