U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota January 28, 1905 (J. & P. Coats, Ltd. v. John Coates Thread Co.)

LOCHREN, District Judge (orally).

This suit was brought by the complainant corporation, which is a manufacturer and dealer in thread, to restrain the defendant corporation, which is also a dealer in thread, from the use of the corporate name which the defendant has adopted; claiming that such use results in what is known as “unfair competition/"' *178and is liable to deceive the public and