ZIPPO MANUFACTURING CO. v. MANNERS JEWELERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 9626.

180 F.Supp. 845 (1960)

ZIPPO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Plaintiff. v. MANNERS JEWELERS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

February 12, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Reese, Walter J. Landry, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

George J. Kambur, New Orleans, La., for defendant


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Zippo claims unfair competition and trade-mark infringement against the defendant in connection with the marketing in New Orleans, Louisiana, of Japanese cigarette lighters substantially identical in appearance to those manufactured by Zippo.1 Zippo asserts that its products, identified by name and appearance, have become a byword with the American public and that these Japanese imitators are defrauding...

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