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there were a great many of the different boxes exhibited at the hearing,-I could not piok out the complainants' boxes except by the little red Greek cross. I could pick out, anywhere and everywhere, the defendants' boxes, by the peculiar lettering on the box, the nature of the background, and I suppose by a combination of features, the particulars of which could not perhaps be designated, but the unity of which mark its individuality; just as one picks out another's face, not because of the color of the eye, or the shape of the nose, or the contour of the face, but by the combined effects of all these and other features. The conclusion that I have arrived at is that the defendants have individuality of design, and the complainants have not. The complainants' sole individuality, if they have any at all, rests on the red Greek cross. I do not think that is sufficient to give to them an exclusive right to use the Greek cross. I do not think that the defendants so nearly imitate their trade-mark, or come anything like so nearly imitating it, as to deceive the public who are looking for the complainants' goods. The bill will therefore be dismissed for want of equity. HIRAM WALKER & SONS, Limited, v. MIKOLAS et aL (Circuit Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division. April 8, 189i.) TRADE-MARKS.
A firm engaged in the United States in bottling and selling whlskey under the name of "Canadian Rye Whiskey," in bottles and with labels, bands, and devices so nearly resembling those upon the bottles of a corpora.tion engaged in Canada in manufacturing and selling whiskey under the name of "Canadian Club Whiskey" as to constitute unfair competition, and evidence an intent to deceive purchasers, will be restrained from the use of the words "Canadian Rye Whiskey" and of the bands and labels mentioned.
V. J. Welch and Frank Hubachek, for complainant. Simon Meyers, for defendants. LOOHREN, District Judge. Hearing was had at the court room in the federal building in the city of Minneapolis, in said district, on Saturday, the 19th day of December, 189-6, upon the order requiring the defendants above named to show cause why they should not be restrained during the pendency of this action as prayed in the bill of complaint and set forth in the order to show cause. Both parties appeared by counsel, and were heard. From the showing presented, it appears that the complainant, since its incorporation, in 1890, and the partnership of Hiram Walker & Sons, its predecessor prior to that time, were and have been engaged in the manufacture, distilling, and sale of whiskey at Walkerville, in the province of Ontario and dominion of Oanada, using the name "Canadian Olub Whiskey" as the trade-mark to distinguish such whiskey from whiskey manufactured by others, and that the complainant, upon its incorporation, succeeded to and acquired the business of said former partnership, and its right to the said name and trade-mark, which name and trade-mark had never before been used; that the whiskey so manufactured, distilled,
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and sold by said complainant has become favorably known, and has been introduced and sold in large quantities in the United Sta.tes and elsewhere, and is only known to the trade and to the public by the said name, "Canadian Club Whiskey"; that all the allegations of said bilI respecting the sale of such whiskey in boi!tles, and respecting such bottles and the labels used thereon, and the words and devices upon such labels, and the registration of complainant's trade-marks, and the granting of certificate of such registry, and respecting the corks and capsules of said bottles, and the letters and figures thereon, and respecting other stamps and devices upon such bottles, are true as stated in said bill; that the defendants, prior to :the commencement of this suit, have at Minneapolis, in the state af Minnesota, been engaged in the business of bottling and selling whiskey under the name of "Canadian Rye Whiskey," in bottles and with labels, devices, corks, capsules, bands, lettering, words, and figures as described, stated, and alleged in complainant's bill of complaint. The defendants have the right to use bottles of the same common kind used by the complainant. But the labels, bands, capsules, and the words, lettering, and devices thereon, are made in every respect to resemble those used upon the bottles of complainant, and are placed by the defendants upon its bottles so exactly like those upon complainant's bottles as to be likely to deceive persons intending to purchase the whiskey made by the complainant. I think that the use by the defendants of the words "Canadian Rye Whiskey," and of the crown and diamond upon the label, in such way as to so nearly resemble complainant's trade-marks, constitutes an infringement of such trade-marks; and that all the labels, bands, capsules, devices, words, and lettering upon defendants' bottles so nearly simulate those upon complainant's bottles a.s to constitute unfair competition, intended to deceive purchasers and appropriate the trade of complainant. N. K. Fairbank Co. v. R. W. Bell Co., 23 C. C. A. 554, 77 Fed. 869. 'fhis conclusion is strengthened by the fact that the statements upon defendants' labels, bands, and capsules are lmtrue, and intended to mislead purchasers. It is admitted that the whiskey bottled and sold by defendants as "Canadian Rye Whiskey" is not made in Canada. The statement on the labels that the whiskey is distilled and bottled by H. S. Ramsay & Sons, London, Ontario, is untrue, and no such firm is in existence. The intent of the defendants to deceive the public, and appropriate the benefits of the favorable reputation of complainant's whiskey, is further shown by the fact that defendants, before the commencement of this action, procured to be made a large quantity of labels exactly like the labels of complainant in every particular. A temporary injunction may issue, restraining the defendants from the use of the words "Canadian Rye Whiskey," and from the use of. the labels and bands above referred to, during the pendency of this action.
CHICAGO SOGAR-REFIXING CO. V. CHARLES POPE GLUCOSE CO.
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OHICAGO SUGAR-REFINING CO. v. OHARLES POPE GLUCOSE CO. et al. (Circuit Court, N. D. Illinois. February 8, 1897.) PATENTS Fon INVENTION-ExTENT OF CLAIM-CORN SEPARATOR.
Letters patent Nos. 247,152.and 247,153, issued September 20, 1881, to A. Behr, for a process of treating corn in the manufacture of starch, and for an apparatus used in such treatment, are void for want of novelty, because the improvement over the previous state of the art consists in the peculiar conformation of the tank in wWch the corn Is treated, and In the relative proportions of corn and water used, for neither of which elements do the patents contain any claim of Invention.
Suit by the Chicago Sugar-Refining Company against the Charles Pope Glucose Company and others for the alleged infringement of two patents. Offield, Towle & Linthicum, for complainant Coburn & Strong, for defendants. GROSSOUP, District Judge. The bill is to restrain infringement of two letters patent numbered, respectively, 247,152 and 247,1'53, issued to A. Behr, September 20, 1881, the first for a process of treating corn in the manufacture of starch, glucose, and other products therefrom, and the second for an apparatus for treating corn in the same kind of manufacture. The defendants deny the validity of the patents, and also deny infringement. Each kernel of corn contains within itself a little germ rich in corn oil, and the object of the process and the apparatus, described in the letters patent, is to separate these germs from the balance of the kernel. The germs are used for oil products, and the remainder of the kernel for starch, glucose, and similar products. The treatment described requires that the corn should be first soaked, and then crushed while moist, resulting in the kernel's being broken up and the germs remaining intact. In this condition, the crushed corn. when intermingled with water, naturally divides into three parts: First, the germs, which, being lighter than the liquid, float on the top; second, the hulls and matter adherent thereto, which, being heavier than the liquid, tend to sink; third, the mealy parts of the corn mixed with the water, which largely constitutes the liquid, and is called "starch-milk." The liquid or starch ,milk contained in the tank is maintained at a density of from 10° to 12° Baume, that density being found best adapted to the purpose that the germs should float and that the hulls should sink. When the partially crushed corn comes first into contact with the starch milk in the tank, there are many germs still adhering to the hulls, resulting in the former being drawn towards the bottom by the heavier weight of the latter. To dislodge these, so that they may rise, and the hulls may fall, the lower stratum of material in the tank is kept in a condition of agitation by means of paddles or fans. When operating with perfection, the germs floating on the surface are carried off by the over-