In Re Keasbey & Mattison Co.
Citations
- 160 U.S. 221
- 16 S. Ct. 273
- 40 L. Ed. 402
- 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2359
Syllabus
<p>By virtue of the act of March 3, 1887, c. 373, as corrected by the act of AugusClS, 1888, c. 866, a corporation incorporated by a State of the Union cannot be compelled to answer to a suit for infringement of a trade-mark under the act of March 3, 1881, c. 138, in a district in which it is not incorporated and of which the- plaintiff is not an inhabitant, although it does business and has a general agent in that district.</p>
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- because federal courts do not have exclusive jurisdiction over Lanham Act claims, such claims may be brought in state courts
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Judges: Gray
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