 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 846 lapas
...used to signify, because all alike have the right to employ them for the same purpose. And so, too, a name merely descriptive of an article of trade, of its qualities, ingredients or characteristics, cannot be employed as a trade mark, and the exclusive use of it entitled to legal protection. 2 Sand.... | |
 | 1892 - 554 lapas
...goods other than those produced or made by himself. If he could the public would be injured rather than protected, for competition would be destroyed. Nor...trade-mark, and the exclusive use of it be entitled to protection.' Canal Co. v. Clark, 18 Wall. 311 ; Lawrence Manuf. Co. v. Tennessee Manuf. Co., 138 US... | |
 | 1882 - 624 lapas
...merely descriptive of an article of trade, its qualities, ingredients, or characteristics, cannot bo employed as a trade-mark, and the exclusive use of it be entitled to legal protection. That one may use an arbitrary word, when not descriptive of the character or quality of the article... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1872 - 1546 lapas
...other than those produced or made by himself. If he could, the public would be injured rather than protected, for competition would be destroyed. .Nor...exclusive use of it be entitled to legal protection. As we said in the well-considered case of The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company v. Spear,^ "the owner... | |
 | Charles Sidney Whitman - 1875 - 814 lapas
...the public would be injured rather than protected, for competition would be destroyed. Ibid., 362. 8 Nor can a generic name, or a name merely descriptive...ingredients, or characteristics, be employed as a trade-niark, and the exclusive use of it be entitled to legal protection. Ibid. TBADE MARK— continued.... | |
 | Appleton Morgan - 1875 - 840 lapas
...at the time of adoption, they were not used to designate the same or similar articles of production. A generic name, or a name merely descriptive of an article of trade, or its qualities or ingredients, cannot be adopted as a trademark so as to give a right to the exclusive... | |
 | Jabez S. Holmes - 1877 - 596 lapas
...at the time of adoption, they were not used to designate the same or similar articles of production. A generic name, or a name merely descriptive of an article of trade, or its qualities or ingredients, cannot be adopted as a trade-mark, so as to give a right to the exclusive... | |
 | William Wait - 1878 - 1000 lapas
...time of adoption, they were not used to designate the same or similar articles of production. Id. But a generic name, or a name merely descriptive of an article of trade, or its qualities or ingredients, cannot be adopted as a trade-mark, so as to give a right to the exclusive... | |
 | 1879 - 550 lapas
...goods other than those produced or made by himself. If he could, the public would be injured mther than protected, for competition would be destroyed. Nor...qualities, ingredients or characteristics be employed as a legal trade mark, and the exclusive useof it be entitled to legal protection." It should be known furthermore,... | |
 | William Wait - 1879 - 1002 lapas
...Davol Mitts, 7 Phil. (Penn.) 253 ; SC , 2 Brewst. 314 ; Boardman v. Meriden Britania Co., 35 Conn. 402. A generic name, or a name merely descriptive of an...of its qualities, ingredients or characteristics, cannot be employed as a trade-mark, and the exclusive use of it cannot be entitled to legal protection.... | |
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No one can claim protection for the exclusive use of a trade-mark or trade-name which would practically give him a monopoly in the sale of any goods other than those produced or made by himself. If he could, the public would be injured rather than protected,... 
