CONTI v. ANTHONY'S SHEAR PERFECTION, INC.


350 Pa.Super. 606 (1986)

504 A.2d 1316

Dennis James CONTI, t/d/b/a Shear Perfection, Appellant, v. ANTHONY'S SHEAR PERFECTION, INC., A Pennsylvania Corporation and Anthony P. Bologna.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn J. Alstadt, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

James R. Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before BROSKY, McEWEN and BECK, JJ.


BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from an order in equity denying appellant's petition to protect as a trademark the name of his business. Appellant contends that the Chancellor erred in requiring secondary meaning as a prerequisite to protection under the relevant state and federal trademark statutes. In the alternative, he argues that the findings of fact establish such secondary meaning. We agree with the latter argument and, accordingly, reverse in part and affirm...

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