Bayer Co. v. United Drug Co.

(1921). Bayer Co. v. United Drug Co.

Type

Court case

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1921

Link

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/F/272/505/1565485/

Cited from

literature_literary_theory

Cited by

1 citation across 1 artifact.

Primes

• Metonymy
  • A counterfeit forges the contiguity: the mark appears, but the attachment to the manufacturer is fake, so the metonym names the company while reaching a counterfeiter's factory — exactly a dangling reference deliberately planted. Genericide dilutes it: when "escalator" or "aspirin" detaches from its originating firm and comes to name a whole product class, the metonym still refers but no longer reaches the specific company.

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