STEELE v. BULOVA WATCH CO.

No. 38.

344 U.S. 280 (1952)

STEELE ET AL. v. BULOVA WATCH CO., INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur L. Matthews argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Marx Leva argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Alexander B. Hawes, A. Lloyd Symington, Sanford H. Cohen, George Cohen, Isidor Ostroff and Maury Maverick.


MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue is whether a United States District Court has jurisdiction to award relief to an American corporation against acts of trade-mark infringement and unfair competition consummated in a foreign country by a citizen and resident of the United States. Bulova Watch Company, Inc., a New York corporation, sued Steele,1 petitioner here, in the United States District Court for the Western...

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