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· 1/6/1903

A. Bauer & Co. v. Order of Carthusian Monks

Citations

  • 120 F. 78
  • 56 C.C.A. 484
  • 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4463

Syllabus

<p>1. Unfair Competition — Imitation of Packages — Intent.</p> <p>Defendant held chargeable with unfair competition in imitating the bottles and labels in which complainant’s cordial known as “Chartreuse” has for many years been placed on the market, — the bottles being of peculiar shape, not known to be made or used for any other purpose, and of two different colors, to denote the strength of the cordial, — and by falsely indicating by its labels that its product is made in France, whereas it is made in Chicago.</p> <p>¶1. Unfair competition, see notes to Scheuer v. Muller, 20 C. C. A. 165; Lare v. Harper & Bros., 30 C. C. A. 376.</p>

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  • finding that Rule 36 requests directed at asking a responding party to admit to a particular understanding of its adversary’s theory of the case is not a proper use of Rule 36
  • current state of enforcement agency’s knowledge is not within scope of permissible discovery
  • “knowledge of or awareness of facts on a certain date [is] irrelevant because ‘[t]he asserted facts at the core of this case either are true or not; the SEC’s current state of knowledge is not relevant to or probative of anything’”

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Judges: Jenkins

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