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MAGNUM CO. v. COTY

Nos. 978, 979, 980, 982, 981.

262 U.S. 159 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 531

67 L.Ed. 922

MAGNUM IMPORT COMPANY, INC., v. COTY. COHN, TRADING AS MACLEN IMPORT COMPANY, v. COTY. BAUM ET AL., TRADING AS BEAUTEX COMPANY, v. COTY. IVORY NOVELTIES TRADING COMPANY, INC., v. COTY. MAGNUM IMPORT COMPANY, INC., v. HOUBIGANT, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Tuttle, with whom Mr. Isaac Reiss and Mr. William J. Hughes were on the briefs, for petitioners.

Mr. Asher Blum, with whom Mr. Hugo Mock was on the briefs, for Coty, respondent.

Mr. George S. Hornblower, with whom Mr. Lindley M. Garrison and Mr. Raoul E. Desvernine were on the brief, for Houbigant, Inc., respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

All these cases involve the question how far the purchasers of perfumes made by manufacturers whose perfumes have gained a high reputation with the public may use the name and trade-mark of such manufacturers in rebottling or repacking and selling them when, as claimed by the manufacturers and owners of the trade-mark, the process of rebottling and repacking injures the perfumes and impairs the value of the...

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