Legal Opinion
G. D. Searle & Co. v. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1956No. 11460_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant in an action for trade-mark infringement and unfair competition. The trademarks involved are Dramamine used by plaintiff, and Bonamine used by defendant. Both are used as preventives or remedies for motion sickness.
Plaintiff adopted the trademark “Dramamine” in 1948. It expended more than $2,000,000 in advertising and promoting “Dramamine” as a motion sickness preventive and remedy. At the time of the filing of this suit, sales of this item had exceeded $10,000,000. Plaintiff registered its trademark…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, IncSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- William R. Warner & Co. v. Eli Lilly & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Toebelman v. Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Subin v. GoldsmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Harold F. Ritchie, Inc. v. Chesebrough-Pond's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Jennie Bsharah v. Eltra Corporation and International Union, UawCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- G. D. Searle & Co. v. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- United States Jaycees v. San Francisco Jr. Cham. of Com.District Court, N.D. California · 1972
- The American Securit Company, a Corporation v. Hamilton Glass Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
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