Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit February 5, 1917, Nos. 1051 and 1052 (Macwilliam v. President Suspender Co.)

Mr. Justice Van Orsdel

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Nothing seems to be better established in the law of trademarks than that where the owner of a trademark grants the right to another, either by sale or license, to use the mark on the goods with Avhich its use is connected and abandons its use himself, he cannot afterwards either deprive his assignee of the right to its Tise or set up an