Charles S. Higgins Co. v. Amalga Soap Co.
New York City Court
Appeal from final judgment restraining the defendants from making and selling soaps wrapped in wrappers similar to those of the plaintiff, and from the use of the word “ Higgins ” to designate the soaps made by them.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
From the evidence herein, which fully sustains the findings, it appears that from 1880, and in fact from a period long prior thereto, Charles S. Higgins and his associates had been engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling laundry soap. It was put up in cakes, each being a parallelepiped four and one-half by two and one-fourth by one and three-fourth inches, weighing three-quarters of a *269pound, the two larger surfaces of the same being surrounded by a raised rim and having impressed on one of the panels so formed the words “ Chas. S. Higgins’ German Laundry Soap,” and on the other…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Holmes, Booth & Haydens v. Holmes, Booth & Atwood Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- Newman v. . AlvordNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Buckley v. . DoigNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Slaughter v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 1879