Legal Opinion
Application of Raymond K. Cooper
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 23, 1958No. Patent Appeal 6329PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
The sole question raised by this appeal is whether an arbitrary, that is to say coined, term which is the title of a book, and the only designation the book has, is registrable as a trademark for books under the Trade-Mark Act of 1946, also known as the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1051 et seq.
Facts.
September 28, 1953, appellant applied for the registration of Teeny-Big as a trademark for books, in Class 38, on the Principal Register under the Act of July 5, 1946, alleging first use and use in “commerce” on July 1, 1953. The specimen filed with the application appears to be the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Whitman Publishing Co. v. McLoughlin Bros.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1938
- In re Page Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1917
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