Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1903 — Supreme Court Sustains the Foot- Ease Trade-Mark. [ARTICLE]

Supreme Court Sustains the FootEase Trade-Mark.

Buffalo, N. Y., June 26.—The Supreme Court 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 the Dr. Clark’s Foot Powder, which is declared, in the decision of the court, an imitation and infringement of “FOOT-EASE,” the powder to shake into your shoe:., now so largely adrertised and sold all over the country. Allen S. Olmsted, of lie Roy, N. Y., is the owner of the trademark, “FOOTEASE,” and he is the first Individual who ever advertised a foot powdei extensively over the country. The decision in this case upholds his trade-mark and renders all parties liable who fraudulently attempt to profit by the extensive “FOOT-EASE” advert ; sing, in placing upon the market a sprriosis and similar appearing preparation, labeled and put up In envelopes and boxes like FOOTEASE. Similar suits will be brought agaiust others who are now infringing on the FOOT-EASE trademark and common law rights.