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· 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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