MECHANICAL FARM EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

v.

PORTER, PRICE ADMINISTRATOR

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Johnson, 175 F.2d 176 (2d Cir. 1949)
  …nia, 2 Cir., 162 F. 2d 803, 900, 901, 174 A.L.R. 481, certiorari denied 332 U.S. 816, 68 S.Ct. 156, 92 L.Ed. 393, and LaTouraine Coffee Co. v. Lorraine Coffee Co., 2 Cir., 157 F. 2d 115, 118, 119, certiorari denied Lorraine Coffee Co. v. LaTouraine, 329 U.S. 771, 67 S.Ct. 389, 91 L.Ed. 663. See L. Hand, J., dissenting in California Apparel Creators v. Wieder of California, supra. Tlie fact that I think this is an inappropriate case for a summary judgment does not, however, signify disapproval of the saluta…
• Grotrian v. Steinway & Sons, 523 F.2d 1331 (2d Cir. 1975)
  …son of the marks. Trademarks, like small children, are not only seen but heard. Similarity of sound also enters into the calculation of likelihood of confusion. LaTouraine Coffee Co. v. Lorraine Coffee Co., 157 F. 2d 115, 117 (2 Cir.), cert. denied, 329 U.S. 771 (1946); accord, David Sherman Corp. v. Heublein, Inc., 340 F. 2d 377, 380 (8 Cir. 1965). The district court’s finding that auditory confusion is inevitable and thus that similarity of marks exists is not clearly erroneous. It is undisputed that the…
• California Apparel Creators v. Wieder OF Cal., Inc., 162 F.2d 893 (2d Cir. 1947)
  …Alcorn, 150 U.S. 460, 464, 14 S.Ct. 151, 37 L.Ed. 1144; Canal Co. v. Clark, 80 U.S. 311, 13 Wall. 311, 20 L.Ed. 581; LaTouraine Coffee Co. v. Lorraine Coffee Co., 2 Cir., 157 F. 2d 115, certiorari denied Lorraine Coffee Co. v. LaTouraine Coffee Co., 329 U.S. 771, 67 S.Ct. 189.5 But, as plaintiffs contend, a geographical name may acquire a secondary significance which will support an action for unfair competition. Our case concerns that question; we have to see whether or not plaintiffs have such rights in t…