Potter Drug & Chemical Corp. v. Miller
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
This was a suit in equity by the Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation against Miller and others for alleged infringement of a trademark.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
For several years before the filing of this hill the plaintiff company was engaged in the extensive manufacture and sale of a medicated toilet soap, designated and branded “Outieura íáoap.” The word “Guticura” originated with the plaintiff’s predecessors in business, and it lias been used as a trade-mark for such soap by the plaintiff and its predecessors continuously since about March, 1878. Undoubtedly, when the word was coined and adopted it was a valid trade-mark, and the evidence establishes that the plaintiff company has the exclusive right to its use as a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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