No merchant, firm or corporation shall appropriate for his or their own use a name, brand, trade-mark, reputation or goodwill of any maker in whose product such merchant, firm or corporation deals.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 56:4-1
Appropriation of name, brand, trade-mark, reputation or goodwill of maker by dealer in product of maker
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Miller Yacht Sales, Inc. v. Smith (2004)
Most recently applied in Cosmetic Gallery, Inc. v. Schoeneman Corp. (July 2007)
Amended by L.1975, c. 107, s. 2.
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