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Show NO PATENT RIGHT IN "OFFICIAL BALL" ST. IriS, Mo., Msreh t.Any high grade baaebsll i a "league ball." in the opinioa of Ihe Kt. Ims court of sp peals, secording to a deciaion banded down Katurdav. Th rasa wss that wherein th A. J. Reach company obtained sn iniunciion against Ih Himmons Hardwsre eotn-psav eotn-psav restraining it from etsmmng base halls with the legend "(ii,cial iM.ri... T.j-..a tj.ll ' I 1 ,. . sowgna nil. i n neacn aonipanv haa eoutracted with the American Amer-ican leagtie to make its baseballs. Judta atilHeld, who wrote the opinion, opin-ion, hoiHs that the words nrtirial' anf "league " are descriptive, and t e Word ' Amenjcan'1 geographical. he , considera all of them too fna-ral to be put imo a trademark. Therefore, he poMs th Himmoni company can una them if it chooses. |