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terference with the normal operation
of complainant's legitimate business
precisely at the point where the
profit is to be reaped, in order to
divert a material portion of the
profit from those who have earned it
to those who have not; with special
advantage to defendant in the compe¬
tition because of the fact that it is
not burdened with any part of the ex¬
pense of gathering the news.
The
transaction speaks for itself, and
a court of equity ought not to .
hesitate long in characterizing it as
unfair competition in business. "
A - reversal of this approach occurred
in two cases decided in 1964:
Sears, Roebuck & Co v.
3tiffel Co 376 U.S. 225 and Compco Corporation v. Day-Brite
Lighting Inc 376 U.S. 234.
In
Sears the ques¬
tion was whether a State's unfair competition law
can......
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