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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER WELLERW
Al-rO”NLI GEN’CIAL
HaeonbJa aeade 18kll seolvbtuy OS 3tato
Path, ho8
Attcutiont Mr. J. L. UoOarity
Gsu art optpian so. o-6 ri.lhg of
ma *2 ‘: ‘782 iion. Claude Iabrll, page 2
“ThIa oifioe ha@ txlu8.d to ills thia Junior ap- plio*tiw without the rrittoo oonaent of $hO l 0nlor ngiatrant duo to firat oonvlotion to pnoludo being oonfw~ tha 8~0 muko uw too 8IaUar The attorney8 Sor the l ppiiolot, to the publIfr.
huumrm, oontend the namaa are not 80 ,ti- fIoI~t4 l irailar aa to ba oonfuai~g to tha publI0.
will you, therrroro, pioaao favor ua with your opl~ton 00 to whether or not wo should approve and iI10 the latter applioatlon while we still ham aa an aotIv* reglrtranb the fonwir.w
hrtlola 851, Yernon*a Aimotat0d Civil Statutra, provIds0:
*b;rery p r o on, l aaooiatlon or union or worklngmz~, i~aorpomto& or uttinoorpontad, that hna haratorora or ahall har0aft.r adopt 0 labrl, trcrdomark, daalgn, dorleo, iaprint or form of l dvutIawant, l hakl file aaae iat tha ortiao or th 8eontary 0r &It&to by loarirrll: two fw ~l.aUo oo~loa, with tho Sooratary of 8tat0, uad aald 8aontuy mtoh ahall return perwan aaaooiatim or union 00 riuttg maa, one oi “ii iao l lailo oo~1.8 al- with and attaohod to a duly tteatod oOrtIfIoato of t&a fiung of aam, whloh he ahall no*lvo a r00 0r one dollar. suoh o.artiSioata of flu&t6 ahall In ml1 ulta proaoou- tfotta 4ttau this ahaptu be uffioIant p0r or tin or uoh labal, tmdo auk, doai&a, derloo, dooption l&p rint o r r o rm OS l drertieemnt, and OS tb iua been adopted or uaod Dr ray oharltable, bona?+ a00Ioty Or OaOelation, lent or nliglow rlthout their .* (unduaaorl4J oura) oonnnt
ikm.Ol~WeIabo~l,~ 3 or tllo uade~linnd portlott 0s the rboro- vadertho
quoted l t8tut*, the ticnr.of tha lrttu aa to vhothor the Svontary of State ah&d remt tha fl.linc; of the tradwrk lnqulr- ed about deputda upon vhothor uld tr#Iatuk “vould probsblr k mIatak onw l t m&mark alwady of noord. In oottaootlon vIth thla tmttu, vv rsfv ou to the M 0 of Nwahall Mrs. Cd. v. Vorhalon, (Cir. App. f (63 18. U. (2dy 665 (uwr wfuaod). IXI this caav, it ma hold that vhothor l wgiakwd tmMomwk VII in- frlngocl up08 br a o tltor's alle d usa of e rlallar dosign vaa a qu4stian 0s fk0t. "E" t vas rho ha r d that vhother tba waamblaaoe of tvo doaQpta vaa so groat tbst the pub110 vould, or would be likely to, riotake coteibr Uu other VU 8 question 0s raot. Ve quote from the omwt!a opinion la the above-cited oaae, aa folloust
wTho twdemuk 0s rppvllant~a krakatr I8 one oon- tltnmus rod akva don, one aide of the Dakota, atwdittg under the bottar md \tp khv dlnatlf oppoaito aide; and the buketa mumf8aturnd .W the dofoadamta, whloh are olnl8od to ba infrlngemnt ogoo. urd la uxthlr oapatl- tlon to plaintlfiga l p*~iall~ sigwd kalcets, bear two ru u h t3oatlauoua tuoa 39 soa* type eata dlrtlno- of tiw wd 60161p, plaood at right uyloa to uoh other, 00 Lxl moat poaItlorra, only oaa OS tke atavoa ,k r~ai- that, ble tba usa\ul 0baerv.r. Tha wd oolov in the l tsvoa ir not fknotiorwl in $tasr 0s the kahta~ thor n' ~0n1r omanamtal8nd &a&nod to doa*totba oriqiaud l ouwe 0s the g0od8; B&ok&a unuf~otuwd bf both tha phmirr 8rid thodofm&ntar8rapnwntodin ttilof th0 amao, w hejw eshLbit.d. vhioh '(rra oloarlj indl~tln of ompetltim rirrlzy br the unufwtuwra of W allowd mirikrly doai@od baakotr nJww~~&0-~y&pgl..
w tovhother thoyaw oaf titial w the muluaut~ utd unfair a
IRrrin&aMt oonooma~ tha d*olalPa of oh rrata olelr 32 rith th* fm@- rinnioa w-w*
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" . . 80, la thla c800, it vaa ahe pwvlaw o? th0 j&y'to findupai~vosy~to~~1l*aua rriaedbf vldamm, aad ve thixtk it ia olulr tbo dla- urd tinotin WI) 0s p~bttiri% brrbto lrauoa tbt ~pioyrd by the deha4Wk niud ttm - 0~timmt0 wd atah 00 plaoed la tbo rioid of the lmtuxu1 color vood of the bmakota by mmiif, __-
. .: 784 mm. Claude Iabal~, pa@ k trademark; and, further, if not,
we8 a toohnIonl It had a rooondary psan&, .&8Ignatiq apprllant~~ baakata through long and oontlnuoua uao and ad- r~rtlronientl and that tha deiondautt* baaketr, with two oontlnuixia red @tat00 acoaaIn~ eaoh other at right an&lea under the bottom of the baakota, any yeraon would obaarvr mra 10 im.ilar 00 and miatako the one ioz the other and daal ona rhan ho intandsd to dti*l for the other. Buoh find- ing@ would be upon oontrolling faot iesuea. i&llaa Blumb~ co. v. Dollar County PluzabIp(: co., mx, OIV. App., 253 8. wr 3081 Dixbpid Corp. ve ~lg stand GO., TAX* CIT. App. 31 I). w.,2d 325# Nom CO. !Jkx. cir; Asp*, 160 s. w. 26 312b v. White l t al., writ af uwr refund. oltad oaao; the Floe8 !iotol aought Tin laat
to enjoin The Whita-Pl,asa Zotel from using the name HOti&" Ii'@&3 OOUWS Of'thO O&IiOJS, a0 'SUr Antonio court H GIrIl Ap#eala hold, e)9tla& from AtUs AaauranYo ‘CO. v. Atiaa I5auranae~ Co., 1.98 Iowa 228, ll2 8. We 232, 233, IJA Na M’. 609, 15 L.ii.A., ii. St., 625, 128 As@ 5t. Rap. 189, that ** *, * .what degree of roaamblaiioa between tha n&mca or derloea la urrioiont in oaua warrant the int0rf0~n00~0r a oourt of tai@ kind I@ not oapable of oxmot doflnl- It la, and auat bo, tram the vsrJ nature ot tion. tha imaa aaInly 'quoatlon of faot to ba dotarmlned by the o~r ottUtM880 l ppOaPbg In oaoh partIou&ar So, In tha 0808 hmn, the oourt balm we8 0404.' not warrantad to baka the oaaa Zram thq jury and in .tha baorraa of iIndln&a dotar- ankr judgmnt dnatlro or the altlmatr IOaWO of toot raIae9 by ‘~. tha plea~a and the aridmoo, hanoa the Ju&mt ia raverood th8 oaaa wtaanded.* b V~OW 0s th r0wg0htg 4ttd b *iar OS th0 iqgrup or
Artlola 851, it ia our opbioa t&t tha abetter aa to whet&r the bradmark,$n guoatlon hpulb k illed, brolva~ a quoatlon of faot;aad'.It la not polloy of thir d~partannt t0 dater- If searekry or skw mine any quaatiw 0s foot* find tha tradoaurk, QAVEWAY FOOD @TO&&,* would’ Sot tha trademark, QAFmAT, YOU2 I7UiiHD be nrlatokon