Legal Opinion

The Magnavox Company v. Multivox Corporation of America

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided February 18, 1965No. Patent Appeal 7321PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Judge.

The Multivox Corporation of America (hereinafter Multivox) filed an application, serial No. 88,163 on December 29, 1959, to register “MULTIVOX” for electric organs, use since February 20, 1959 being alleged. That application was opposed by The Magnavox Company (hereinafter Magnavox) as confusingly similar to its mark “MAGNAVOX,” used on goods hereinafter enumerated. Both parties took testimony. The opposition, No. 40,159 was dismissed by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (138 USPQ 692), and appellant seeks review of that decision.

Appellee was incorporated in New York in 1952…

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