· 6/16/1986
Morawa v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
Citations
- 685 F. Supp. 619
- 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24139
- 48 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1351
- 1986 WL 20789
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “To recover for a violation of this section it is not necessary that a mark or trade-mark be registered. The dis-positive question is whether, the party has a reasonable interest to be protected against false advertising.”
- “A trade name is descriptive of the manufacturer or dealer himself and applies to a business and its good will, whereas a trade-mark, in a technical sense, is applicable to the vendible commodities.”
- “[a] trade name is descriptive of the manufacturer or dealer himself and applies to a business and its good will, whereas a trade-mark, in a technical sense, is applicable to the vendible commodities ”
- “common law and statutory trade-mark infringements are merely specific aspects of unfair competition.”
- plaintiff must have “a reasonable interest to be protected.”
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Judges: Plata
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