APPROPRIATED A NAME
ACTION AGAINST AUCKLAND FIRM. AUCKLAND, May 23. “ A more deliberate case of appro printing a. name and the reputation that ‘goes with it is difficult to imagine,” said Mr Justice Herdman in giving judgment for the plaintiff in an action by Morris Motors (1926), Ltd England, against -Morris Motors, Ltd., motpr dealers, of Auckland. Charles Eustace Gray (motor dealer' and Robert Clarence Reid (clerk), hot of Auckland, who formed the defendan company, had precisely t-.lie same name as the English company, said the Judge, excepting that the figures 1920 were omitted, A plainer case of piracy would he difficu.lt to imagine. Tin defendant company was a private con cern formed in 1928, taking over th business parried on by Gray, the lattei owning 2999 shares and Reid one share. This company purchased second-banc Morris cars in England and sold them in New Zealand. Judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs as in an action to recove £SOO, the disbursements to be settled by the Registrar.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1929, Page 3
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169APPROPRIATED A NAME Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1929, Page 3
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