W. A. Gaines & Co. v. Leslie
New York Supreme Court
Action to restrain defendants alleged infringement of plaintiff’s trade-mark “ Old Grow,” as adopted for labels placed upon whiskey prepared by it, or for an injunction restraining an alleged unfair trade competition through defendants’ use of a label similar to plaintiff’s label.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Equitable relief is sought in this action, according to the allegations of the complaint, upon either of two grounds, (1) that the defendants’ acts in adopting and applying to their whiskey a label bearing the words “ White Grow ” constitute an actual infringement upon the plaintiff’s existing trade-mark “ Old Grow,” or (2) that, if a technical violation of a trade-mark be not established, the use by the defendants of their “ White Grow ” label should be held to amount to an unfair method of business competition, a fraudulent endeavor to deceive the public through the adoption of a form of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Taendsticksfabriks Akticbolagat Vulcan v. MyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Hier v. . AbrahamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Fleischmann v. SchuckmannNew York Supreme Court · 1881
- McLoughlin v. SingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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