Legal Opinion
Taussig v. Wellington Fund, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 23, 1963No. Nos. 13702-13705PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
In this stockholders’ derivative suit the district court decided that the adoption and use of the name “Wellington” by Wellington Equity Fund, an open-end, diversified, management investment company, constituted unfair competition in relation to Wellington Fund, Inc., a similar enterprise which had become well and favorably known as a large, active and successful mutual fund long before the 1958 organization of Wellington Equity Fund as a new investment company.
The plaintiffs are stockholders of Wellington Fund, Inc., and sue in the interest of that corporation and its…
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