Opinion
Argued June 21, 1928
Decided July 19, 1928
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
Milton R. Weinberger, William Klein, Albert T. Scharps and Jerome Weinstein for appellants.
Neil P. Cullom, James E. Freehill and Henry W. Steingarten for respondent.
The use by the defendant of the peculiar and characteristic script which the plaintiff had long employed for the display of its name is calculated to emphasize unduly the similarity of names and forcibly to suggest to the public identity of origin or management. The judgment of the Appellate Division should be modified to the extent that defendant is enjoined from writing or printing the word "Tecla" upon any signs, cards, stationery or advertising matter in the peculiar and characteristic script used by the plaintiff, and as modified affirmed, with costs to the plaintiff in the Appellate Division and in this court.
CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, ANDREWS, LEHMAN, KELLOGG and O'BRIEN, JJ., concur; CRANE, J., not sitting.
Judgment accordingly.