Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — An Important Decision. [ARTICLE]

An Important Decision.

A notable decision was rendered rw- M ceiitly in the Circuit Court of the Unite* : States for the Northern District of California, making permanent an injunction obtained by the California Fig Syrup. Company restraining the defendant pare * ties “from making, using or selling any liquid laxative medicine marked with tha name ‘Syrup of Figs,’ or ‘Fig Syrup,’ or any colorable imitation of the same.” Th* § decision also protects the California FigSyrup Company against imitation of their wrappers, boxes and symbolical design* used in connection with their famous laxa- • tire. The decision is of the greatest value, not only to manufacturers of proprietary articles, but to the public generally, as it affirms that the valuable reputation aeqnired by an article of merit will be protected by the courts, and that the party who builds the reputation by extenoivw • and legitimate advertising is entitled tn- : the full fruits of bis enterprise.