Taylor v. Bostick’s Empirical Analysis
299 F. 232 · 1924
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Standard Paint Company v. Trinidad Asphalt Manufacturing Company · Ex parte Automatic Switch Co. · Leschen Sons Rope Company v. Broderick Bascom Rope Company · Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. v. Stark
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is a well-settled general rule of law that a trader may not monopolize a particular color, and that color alone, unaccompanied by any distinguishing sign, seal, or symbol, is not sufficient to constitute a trade-mark.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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