Case ID: f_51/html/0832-01.html
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Author: {"author": "Blodgett, District Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Hutchinson et al. v. Covert.
    
      (Circuit Court, N. D. Illinois.
    
    June 8, 1892.)
    Trade-Marks—Infringement.
    A trade-mark consisting of the word “Star” and the symbol of a star, marked upon shirts and like articles, in connection with the words “Star Shirts, ” and other words describing the articles, by the use of which mark the goods have become well and favorably known as “Star Goods, ” is infringed by the use of the words “Lone Star” and the symbol of a single star on similar goods, whereby such goods may be sold as “Star Goods, ” and purchasers may be deceived into the belief that the goods are those made by the proprietors of the trade-mark.
    In Equity. Bill by Gardiner S. Hutchinson, Henry B. Pierce, Ira Cole, and Thomas S. Morison against George H. Covert for infringement of trade-mark, praying an injunction and accounting.
    Decree for complainants.
    
      B. F. Watson and Cornelius V. Smith, for complainants.
    
      Hofheimer & Zeisler, for defendant.
   Blodgett, District Judge.

This ease involves the alleged infringement of complainants’ star trade-mark, the origin and title to which are set out in the bill substantially as in the preceding case of Same Complainants v. Blumberg, 51 Fed. Rep. 829. The infringement charged against defendant consists in the use of the words “ Lone Star,” and symbol of a single star on shirts and underwear made or sold by defendant. I am of opinion that the prefix of the word “Lone” to the word and symbol “Star” in defendant’s trade-mark is an infringement of the complainants’ star trade-mark, as applied to shirts, underwear, etc. It is a mark and designation of defendant’s goods which may give color to the assumed right to sell defendant’s goods as “Star Shirts,” “Star Underwear,” “Star Goods,” etc., and thereby deceive purchasers and users into the belief that they are buying the genuine complainants’ goods. A decree for an injunction and accounting may be entered.