Diederich v. W. Schneider Wholesale Wine & Liquor Co.

Citations

• 195 F. 35
• 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 1336

Syllabus

<p>1. Trade-Marks and Trade-Names (§ 15*)—Nature of Trade-Marks—Statutes—“Sign.”</p> <p>Under Act Eeb. 20, 1905, c. 592, §§ 1, 16, 33 Stat. 724, 728 (U.- S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, pp. 1275, 1283), authorizing the registration of trademarks by filing an application specifying the merchandise to which the trade-mark is appropriated, a description of the trade-mark, and a statement of the mode in which the same is applied and affixed to goods, and authorizing an action for the wrongful use of a trade-mark by the use of signs, labels, etc., Intended to be used in connection with the sale of merchandise, a trade-mark is only valid when actually affixed to a commodity, and one may not acquire a trade-inark in a sign placed on a building, the word “sign” being used to indicate a mark, symbol, token or emblem affixed to the article sold.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Trade-Marks and Trade-Names, Cent. Dig. § 18; Dec. Dig. § 15.*</p> <p>For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 7, pp. 6508-6512.]</p> <p>2. Trade-Marks and Trade-Names (§ 53*)—Infringement—Nature of Injury.</p> <p>What is not and cannot be a trade-mark cannot be infringed as a trade-mark.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Trade-Marks and Trade-Names, Cent. Dig. § 61 ; Dec. Dig. § 53.*]</p> <p>3. Courts (§ 300*)—Federal Courts -Unfair Competition—Jurisdiction— OlTIZENSniP.</p> <p>Where the parties are citizens of the same state, the federal courts have no jurisdiction to determine the question of unfair trade in a suit brought by one against the other.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.-—For other cases, see Courts, Dec. Dig. § 300.*</p> <p>Unfair competition in use of trade-mark or trade-name, see notes to Scheuer v. Muller, 20 C. C. A. 165; Lare v. Harper & Bros., 30 C. C. A. 376.]</p> <p>Sanborn, Circuit Judge, dissenting.</p>