“[Ajdopting the word “Vera’ in its corporate name, which is an arbitrary selection, the appellee must be held to have intended the natural consequences of its act. It is very likely that appellee’s shoes would soon become known as ‘Vera’ shoes, with the resulting confusion.”
How later courts described this case
- “[Ajdopting the word “Vera’ in its corporate name, which is an arbitrary selection, the appellee must be held to have intended the natural consequences of its act. It is very likely that appellee’s shoes would soon become known as ‘Vera’ shoes, with the resulting confusion.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
MAYER, Circuit Judge
(dissenting). I agree with the view of the facts entertained by the District Court, and hence that the case is ruled by United Drug Co. v. Rectanus Co., 248 U. S. 90 , 39 Sup. Ct. 48, 63 L. Ed. 421 . I think the decree below was right.