Peabody v. Norfolk

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1868-01-15

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Gray, J. It is the policy of the law, for the advantage of the public, to encourage and protect invention and commercial enterprise. If a man establishes a business and makes it valuable by his skill and attention, the good will of that business is recognized by the law as property. If he adopts and publicly uses a trade mark, he has a remedy, either at law or in equity, against those who undertake to use it without his permissio…

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