MIAMI CREDIT BUREAU, INC. v. CREDIT BUREAU, INC.

No. 17898.

276 F.2d 565 (1960)

MIAMI CREDIT BUREAU, INC., Appellant, v. CREDIT BUREAU, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Anderson, Miami, Fla., Anderson & Nadeau, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Earl D. Waldin, Jr., Miami, Fla., Smathers, Thompson & Dyer, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The question presented for decision is whether the District Court properly enjoined the appellant from using the name "Miami Credit Bureau, Inc." for the reasons that such use created public confusion and constituted an unfair trade violation of appellee's trade names, "Miami Credit Bureau" and "Credit Bureau of Greater Miami." We hold that the injunction was properly within the power of the district court.

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