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FEDER.U. REPORTER.
here is gra.ntable, a.s of course, no application having been made on the other side, for cause shown, with respect to it. I have gone through all the papers in the case, as if the rights of the parties were here to be determined on a controversy which they sought to present. The c9urt must enforce the rule of the supreme court in regard to this matter. The motion to dismiss will be sustained, (without prejudice).
SCHUMACHER and another v. SOHWENOKE and others. (Oirouit Oourt, 8. D. Nezc York. March 23, 1886.) T1u.DE-MAnK-JumSDICTJON OF CmCUIT COURT-INFRINGEMENT NOT IN FOREIGN COMMERCE OR TRADE WITH INDIAN TRIBES.
The circuit court has no jurisdiction of a suit for the infringement oia trademark by a citizen of the same state as the complainant unless such infringement consists in using the trade-mark by the defendant upon goods intended to be transported to a foreign country, or used in lawful commercial intercourse with an Indian tribe.
In Equity. Antonio Knauth, for orator. Louis C. Raegener, for defendants. WHEELER, J. This suit is brought to restrain infringement of trademark No.9, 737, registered October 17, 18tl2, and consisting of the words "Henry Lee" appropriated for use upon prints, labels. showcards. calendars, printed cards, and tags. The parties appear from the hill to be all of them citizens of the state of New York. It is alleged that the orator, a corporation, has used this trade-mark on labels in domestic commerce. inter-state commerce, and commerce with foreign countries, and that the defendants have in New York applied it to labels not made or sold by or for the orator, and sold the same. and have sold the same in other states of the United States, "and have sold the same in foreign countries." These are all the allegations there are as to the use of the trade-mark by the defendants in foreign commerce, and all such sales and use are denied by the defendants. There is nothing in the case about use of it in commerce with any Indian tribe. The courts of the United States have no jurisdiction of suits like this unless it is given by statute under which the trade-mark was rep:istered.. Trade-mark Ga,ses, 100 U. S. 82; Luyties v. Hollender, 21 Fed. Rep. 281; 21 St. at Large, 504, c. 138, § 11. That statute limits the jurisdiction under it so that it is not conferred "unless the trade-mark in controversy is used on goods intended to be transported to a foreign country, or in lawful commercial intercourse with an Indian tribe." It seems to be understood by
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the orator's counsel that jurisdiction is given if the trade-mark is used by the orator in foreign commerce, or upon goods intended to be transported to a foreign country. But the authority of congress over this subject arises from the power to regulate commerce, and does not extend to the prolection of trade· marks within a state. Trade-mark Cases, 100 U. S. 82. The orator may have a valid trademark, and an ex.clusive right to its use in New York; but, if so, his rights in that respect do not rest upon the laws of the United States. The registration under the statute only confers a right to it in foreign commerce, and a claim for infringement, or to be protected against infringement, cannot arise under the constitution or laws of the United States unless the infringement is upon the right to use it in foreign commerce, which can only be by using the trade-mark without right in such commerce. The jurisdiction is not conferred at all by ex.press words of the statute; but only by providing a mode of acquiring a right, a suit for the invasion of which would arise under the laws of the United States within the act of 1875. The clause quoted from is restrictive of that jurisdiction. The defendants do not infringe upon any right resting upon the laws of the United States unless they use the trade-mark in foreign commerce, and jurisdiction of a suit for such infringement is not left in the courts of the United States unless such infringement consists in using the trade-mark by the defendants upon goods intended to be transported to a foreign country. 1'he bill falls short of alleging such use; and this court appears to be without jurisdiction to restrain the use which is alleged. Motion for preliminary injunction dismissed.
WHITTEMORE
v.
AMOSKEAG NAT. BANK
ana others.
(OVrcuit Oourt, D. New Hampaltire.
December 3, 1885.)
CORPORATION-ACTION BY STOCKHOLDERS-COLLUSION-EQUITY RULE "'". Bill in action by stockholder against a national bank held demurrable,
because it contained no allegation that plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction complained of. or that his share had since devolved on him by operation of law, and that the suit was not a collusive one to confer jurisdiction on the circuit court, and because plaintiff failed to allege any efforts made to secure such action as he desired on the part of the officers of the cor· poration, and the cause of his failure to obtain such action as required by equity rule 94.
In Equity. H. G. Wood, for complainant. Livermore cf Fish, for respondents. COLT, J. There being no allegation in this bill that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he com-