Victorian Tabasco Box, 1900

How the McIlhenny Company Protected Its Tabasco® Sauce Trademark

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From: The Trade-mark Reporter, Volume 10. New York: United States Trademark Association, 1920. McIlhenny Company v. Ed. Bulliard District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana April, 1920 Trade-marks—Geographical Terms—”tabasco.” The word “Tabasco” is a valid trade-mark as applied to a pepper sauce manufactured in Louisiana, it not being used as a geographical or descriptive term. …