Horlick's Hood Co. v. Elgin Milkine Co.

Citations

• 120 F. 264
• 56 C.C.A. 544

Syllabus

<p>Í. Trade-Names — Termination of Exclusive Right to Use — Expiration of Patent.</p> <p>Where the manufacturer of an article, to which he gave a name, by which it became known, placed upon the packages in which it was sold to the public a notice in the usual form that the article was made under a patent, the right to the exclusive use of the name as a trade-name expires with the expiration of the patent, whether the article was in fact made in accordance with the patent or not.</p>