Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1964-04-20

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. As in Sears, Roebuck Co. v. Stiffel Co., ante, p. 225, the question here is whether the use of a state unfair competition law to give relief against the copying of an unpatented industrial design conflicts with the federal patent laws. Both Compeo and Day-Brite are manufacturers of fluorescent lighting fixtures of a kind widely used…

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