Legal Opinion
Williams Soap Co. v. J. B. Williams Soap Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 11, 1911No. 1,692PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit by the J. B. Williams Soap Company against the Williams Soap Company and others. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
Appellants were enjoined from using in any of their soap brands, labels, packages, and advertisements the word “Williams’5—
“either in a corporate name, or in the name of any business concern, or as an individual name, or in any maimer, without distinguishing such word from the complainant’s name and the complainant’s products and advertising matter by adding to the word ‘Williams’ some other word or words, which shall not be merely a Christian name, or by joining with the printed corporate or business name such printed words as will say in effect that the soap designated…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co. v. Hall's Safe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Donnell v. Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Bates Mfg. Co. v. Bates Numbering Mach. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1909
- Kennicott Water Softener Co. v. BainCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1911
- Chickering v. Chickering & SonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
3Cited by5 opinions
- Chickering v. Chickering & SonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
- Staples Coal Co. v. City Fuel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Brooks v. HeartfieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- George W. Luft Co. v. Zande Cosmetic Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1942
- Tanqueray Gordon & Co. v. GordonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1935