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· 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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