TAXI COMPANY’S RIGHT TO NAME

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 September 1929, Page 2

TAXI COMPANY’S RIGHT TO NAME

JUDGE GRANTS INJUNCTION. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Judgment was given by Mr. Justice Adams to-day in the case in which Charles S. Trillo moved to set aside an interlocutory injunction restraining him from using the term ““Rink” in his taxi business. The other party to the action was Rink Taxis, Ltd., who had obtained an interim injunction.

It was proved in evidence that Trillo, who recently established a taxi business in Christchurch, had used the term “Rink” in'his advertising circulars. His Honour hold that for upward of 50 years, the name “Rink” had been associated with the premises occupied by the Rink Taxis. First, it was a skating rink, then a livery stable, then a garage, with a taxi and service car business attached. The judge held the name “Rink” had became exclusively identified with the business and promises of Rink Taxis, Ltd., and made an order perpetual, with costs against Trillo.