Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — Supreme Court Su[?]ta[?]ns the Foot-Ease Trade Mark. [ARTICLE]

Supreme Court Su[?]ta[?]ns the FootEase Trade Mark.

Justice/E«u;;hHn, la Supreme Court, Buffalo, has ordered a permanent injunction, with costs, and a full accounting of sales, to Issue against Paul B. Hudson, the manufacturer of the foot powder called “Dr. Clark’s Foot Powder," and also against a retail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining them from making or selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, which Is declared. In the decision of the Court, an Imitation and Infringement es “Foot-Ease," the powder to shake into your shoes for tired, aching feet, now so largely advertised and sold all over the country. Allen 8. Olmsted, of Leßoy, N. 1., Is the owner of the trade-mark “Foot-Ease,” and he Is the first Individual who ever advertised a foot powder extensively over the country. He will send a sample Free to any one who writes him for It. The decision In this case upholds his trade-mark and renders all parties liable who fraudulently attempt to profit by the extensive "FootEike” advertising. In placing upon the market a spurious and, similar appearing preparation, labeled and put up In envelopes and boxes like Foot-Ease. Similar suits will be brought against others who are now Infringing on the Foot-Ease trade-mark and common law rights.