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D. C. CATERING COMPANY, Inc., T/A Peking Palace Et Al., Appellants,
v.
PEKING RESTAURANT, Inc., Et Al., Appellees
12859.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Jan 19, 1956.
230 F.2d 823
Mr. Harry A. Finney, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Dennis Collins, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants., Mr. Ross O’Donoghue, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Bailey Walsh, Memphis, Tenn., was on the brief, for appel-lees.
Edgerton, Bazelon, Fahy.
Published
PER CURIAM.

The District Court concluded that unfair competition resulted from appellants’ use of the name “Peking Palace” for their new restaurant in view of ap-pellees’ long prior and continued use of the name “Peking Restaurant” for their restaurant located about twenty blocks away on the same street. This conclusion was based on a finding that the word “Peking,” as used by appellees, is “not descriptive of a style of [Chinese] cooking,” but instead is an “arbitrary or fanciful” designation which identifies ap-pellees’ restaurant to its patrons. The court also concluded that appellants had improperly used a fanciful name and secret recipe for soup which appellees had developed.

Since we think these conclusions are supported by the evidence and the law applicable thereto, we affirm the District Court’s injunction prohibiting appellants from unfairly competing in the respects enumerated.

Affirmed.