Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Emener, 5715.
| Citation | 16 F. Supp. 816 |
| Decision Date | 17 July 1936 |
| Docket Number | No. 5715.,5715. |
| Parties | CHAMPION SPARK PLUG CO. v. EMENER. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Michigan |
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Wilber Owen, of Toledo, Ohio (Owen & Owen, of Toledo, Ohio, and W. E. Talcott, of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for plaintiff.
S. Brooks Barron, of Detroit, Mich., for defendant.
This matter is before the court on exceptions filed by the parties, respectively, to the report of the special master, in which report said master presents full and complete findings of fact and conclusions of law, and ample briefs were filed by counsel herein.
Plaintiff seeks injunction herein restraining defendant from infringing certain patents of plaintiff, covering the manufacture and sale of spark plugs; infringing the plaintiff's trade-mark, "Champion," identifying such spark plugs, as well as restraining unfair competition with said plaintiff.
Upon the first contention, the master found non infringement.
Upon the second contention, the master found that the defendant was guilty of unfair competition, and determined that plaintiff is entitled to relief as indicated in said report.
Upon the last contention, the master found that the defendant was guilty of infringement of trade-mark, and recommended relief as indicated in said report.
Upon the question of accounting, the master determined that from all of the facts presented it was uncertain as to whether the plaintiff could definitely and sufficiently establish definite and substantial injury from the acts of the defendant to justify the expense of an accounting and that the master was not satisfied that plaintiff had sustained the burden of showing its right to such accounting, no accounting was allowed.
After careful study of the facts presented herein, as well as the authorities set forth by the master, and after a careful consideration of the full and complete briefs filed by counsel herein, the court is firmly of the opinion that the master arrived at the correct conclusions upon such facts, and therefore, it is hereby ordered that such exceptions filed herein, respectively, are overruled, and the findings and conclusions of the master are hereby confirmed, and the report of such master is hereby adopted by the Court.
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