MULTIPLE REALTY v. MULTIPLE &c. SERVICE

22682.

220 Ga. 437 (1964)

139 S.E.2d 326

MULTIPLE REALTY, INC. v. MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 5, 1964.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thibadeau, Penland & Smith, Richard A. Thibadeau, for plaintiff in error.

Hatcher, Meyerson, Oxford & Irvin, Stanley P. Meyerson, contra.


QUILLIAN, Justice.

In the present case the plaintiff contends that the defendant's use of the word "multiple" in its corporate name is designed to mislead the public and trade upon the plaintiff's good will and reputation. On the other hand, the defendant contends that the word "multiple" is a descriptive term which may not be exclusively appropriated.

The rule is well established that a generic or descriptive word is incapable of exclusive appropriation by...

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