· 5/4/1937
White Tower System, Inc. v. White Castle System of Eating Houses Corp.
Citations
- 90 F.2d 67
- 33 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 573
- 1937 U.S. App. LEXIS 3760
How courts have described this case
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- noting that the common law concurrent use doctrine only applies when “the junior user had no knowledge of the originator's trade mark and no intention to copy it”
- the close copying of a distinctive building design and decor used in connection with hamburger sales
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Judges: Hicks, Simons, and Allen, Circuit Judges
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