COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORP. v. COMCET, INC.

No. 13822.

429 F.2d 1245 (1970)

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORP., Appellant, v. COMCET, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Browne, Washington, D.C. (Richard G. Kline, Washington, D.C., Russell R. Reno, Jr., and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., David C. Acheson, William H. Berman, Washington, D.C., J. Frank Osha, and Browne, Beveridge & Degrandi, Washington, D.C. on brief), for appellant.

Joe A. Sutherland, Chicago, Ill. (James G. Reynolds, Baltimore, Md., William L. Morrison, Chicago, Ill., Michael P. Crocker and Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, Md., and Gardner, Carton, Douglas, Chilgren & Waud, Chicago, Ill., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, CRAVEN, and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), claiming trade name infringement, trademark infringement, and deceptive trade practices, brought this action against Comcet, Inc., to enjoin it from using Comcet as a trade name and trademark.1 The district judge found that Comsat's services and Comcet's products are dissimilar and noncompetitive; that expansion leading to future competition is improbable; that the...

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