Legal Opinion
Benjamin D. Smith, Jr., and Howerton Gowen Company, Inc. (Black Panther Company, Inc., Assignee, Substituted) v. Coahoma Chemical Company, Inc.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 16, 1959No. Patent Appeal 6405PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WORLEY, Acting Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, speaking through the Assistant Commissioner, 113 U.S.P.Q. 413, affirming the decision of the Examiner of Interferences, granting petitions by Coahoma Chemical Company, Inc., appellee here, to cancel two trade-mark registrations of appellant.
Both registrations are for the words “Black Panther” and each includes a different picture of a panther, the marks being registered as trademarks for insecticides. Both registrations were granted July 31, 1951. One, No. 546,051, was granted to a Benjamin D.…
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