French Bros. Dairy Co. v. Giacin

Citations

• 21 Ohio C.C. Dec. 395

Syllabus

<p>NAMES — TRADE NAME.</p> <p>Imitation of an Established Commercial Name Enjoined.</p> <p>Where a family named French has carried on a dairy and milk business for a great number of years under their own name, and more recently have built up in connection therewith an extensive business in ice cream, injunction will lie against the use of the word “French” in connection with an ice cream business carried on by a competitor who is not a Frenchman and whose manifest purpose is to attract trade by creating a false impression as to his own identity.</p> <p>[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>