Legal Opinion
In Re Shell Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 2, 1993No. 92-1211PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Shell Oil Company appeals the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, refusing to register the service mark RIGHT-A-WAY and arrow design for “service station oil and lubrication change services”.1
Background
On September 19, 1988 Shell Oil filed application Serial No. 73/753,045 to register the following service mark:
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Shell claimed use since August 5, 1988.
The examiner refused registration based on section 2(d) of the Lanham Trademark Act,2 citing the registration on January 17, 1984 of the…
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