EDWARD P. PAUL & CO. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

No. 9457.

169 F.2d 294 (1948)

EDWARD P. PAUL & CO., Inc. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 10, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nathan L. Silberberg, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Mr. Donovan R. Divet, Sp. Atty., Federal Trade Commission, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William T. Kelley, Gen. Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, and Mr. Walter B. Wooden, Associate Gen. Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Justice, and CLARK and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

Petitioner is an importer and manufacturer of porcelain products sold by it principally to retail stores. It publishes and distributes from time to time to some 25,000 retailers a catalog. Among other items in this catalog was a "line" of table lamps, cigarette boxes, ash trays and candy boxes concerning which the following expressions were used as descriptive: "Imported `Du Barry' Procelain", "IMPORTED Hand Decorated `Du Barry' Porcelain...

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