The American Novawood Corporation v. U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc., Assignee, by Merger and Change of Name of United States Plywood Corporation

RICH, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 154 USPQ 505 (1967), dis missing an opposition to the registration of NOVOWOOD as a trademark for “Lumber and Wood Products, i. e., Particle Board With or Without Decorative Faces,” serial No. 211,215, filed February 2, 1965. Applicant, U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc., 1 claims use of the mark since January 9,1965, and also that this mark is the newest member of a family of “NOVO” marks previously registered by it in the Patent Office.

Appellant-opposer concedes in its brief that…