SPENCER v. VDO INSTRUMENTS, LIMITED

No. 16099.

352 F.2d 784 (1965)

James M. SPENCER, Jr., doing business as Hurricane Marine Products, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VDO INSTRUMENTS, LIMITED, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Robin, New York City, for appellant, John W. Mervenne, Detroit, Mich., on the brief, Watson, Leavenworth, Kelton & Taggart, New York City, of counsel.

Alfred E. Wilson, Dearborn, Mich., for appellees, Wilson, Settle & Craig, Dearborn, Mich., Edward A. Craig, Dearborn, Mich., on the brief, Ernest G. Montague, New York City, of counsel.

Before PHILLIPS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-appellant registered in the United States Patent Office a trade-mark on "Sum Log," a combined nautical speedometer and mileage recorder, which was invented by a Swedish inventor named Rune Kock. This suit was filed to restrain defendants from using this trade-mark and to recover damages for trade-mark infringement and breach of contract. Defendants filed counterclaims for declaratory judgment, seeking to declare void the registration of this...

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