O. N. L. INS. CO. v. O. L. INS. CO.

No. 39112.

3 Ohio St. 2d 44 (1965)

THE OHIO NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO., APPELLEE, v. THE OHIO LIFE INS. CO., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Schmid and Mr. Jackson Bosch, for appellee.

Messrs. Fitton, Pierce & Baden, Messrs. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease and Mr. Arthur I. Vorys, for appellant.


O'NEILL, J.

The question which this court must decide may be stated thus: Is the name of the appellant, The Ohio Life Insurance Company, so similar to that of the appellee, The Ohio National Life Insurance Company, as to lead to probable confusion and uncertainty on the part of the public, thus resulting in unfair competition?

The appellee does not claim that the appellant may not use the words "Life," or "Insurance," or "Ohio" in an arrangement of words constituting...

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