Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co. v. J. A. Scriven Co.

Citations

• 165 F. 655
• 91 C.C.A. 491
• 1908 U.S. App. LEXIS 4803

Syllabus

<p>Tiiade-Mabks and Tkade-Naíies (§ 814*) — Uneaib Competition — Grounds of Action.</p> <p>To eniilie a party to an injunction against unfair competition, it must appear that defendant at the time of filing the bill is doing, or threatening to do, that which constitutes, or will constitute, an invasion oí complainant’s rights; and where the defendant more than two years before the commencement of the suit on notice from complainant of its claim ceased the acts complained of, and thereafter committed no act of unfair competition, complainant is not entitled to either an injunction or an accounting.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Trade-Marks and Trade-Names, Cent. Dig. § 91; Dee. Dig. § 81.*</p> <p>Unfair competition, see notes to Seheuer v. Muller, 20 C. C. A. 105; Dare v. Harper & Bros., 80 C. O. A. 376.]</p> <p>Sanborn, Circuit Judge, dissenting.</p>