Heusner v. Baugher & Kohler

Citations

• 248 Pa. 536
• 94 A. 225
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 606

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Jurisdiction—Trade names — Unfair trade competition —Cigar box labels — Wrongful imitation — Equity—Preliminary injunction.</p> <p>An order continuing a preliminary injunction until final hearing was affirmed where it appeared that plaintiff was a cigar manufacturer and had used in his business for many years a trade name and labels of a distinctive design, and that defendant cigar company simulated plaintiff’s labels and used plaintiff’s trade name in such a way as to deceive the public; particularly where defendants had admitted in writing that they had no property right in plaintiff’s design and trade name.</p>