Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. v. Goodyear Rubber Co.

Citations

• 128 U.S. 598
• 9 S. Ct. 166
• 32 L. Ed. 535
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2258

Syllabus

<p>The name of “ Goodyear ¡Rubber Company,” containing a name descriptive of well-known elasses'of goods produced by the process known as Goodyear’s invention, is not one capable of exclusive appropriation; and the addition of the word “ Company ” only indicates that parties have f ormed an association to deal in such goods, either to produce or to sell them.</p> <p>Relief in equity to restrain unfair trade is granted only where the defendant, by. his marks, signs, labels, or in other ways, represents to the public . that the goods sold by him are those manufactured or produced by thé plaintiff, thus palming off his goods for those of a different'manufacture, , to the injury of the plaintiff.'</p>