CITIZENS JEWELRY CO. v. SAVELLE &c. CO.

22123.

219 Ga. 409 (1963)

133 S.E.2d 858

CITIZENS JEWELRY COMPANY v. SAVELLE JEWELRY COMPANY OF ALBANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farkas, Landau & Davis, for plaintiff in error.

Perry, Walters & Langstaff, contra.


HEAD, Presiding Justice.

It is the law of this State that words or names which have a primary meaning of their own, may by long use in connection with a business or trade be understood by the public as designating the goods, service, or business of a particular trader. This is what is known as the doctrine of secondary meaning. "A court of equity will enjoin the use of such names by a competitor, upon the principle of unfair competition." Saunders System Atlanta...

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