Legal Opinion

In re General Electric Co.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided July 11, 1962No. Patent Appeal No. 6829PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

Here for review is the affirmance by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the examiner’s rejection of appellant’s application to register the word mark VULKENE for “Electrical Wires and Cables,” Ser. No. 54,513, filed June 30, 1958, claiming use since February 25, 1958. No special form of the mark is shown.

The application states that appellant “is the owner of the identical mark ‘Vulkene’ for Filled, Cross-Linked Pol-yolefin Compositions Useful in Molding Applications and in Other Industrial Arts in Class 6.” We take this to mean the only thing it could possibly mean— that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Lever Brothers Company v. Producers Chemical Service (Petroleum Specialty Company, Assignee, Substituted)Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1960
  2. Servo Corporation of America v. Servo-Tek Products Co., Inc. (Electro-Devices, Inc., Assignee, Substituted)Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1961
  3. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation v. Jones Engineering Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1961
  4. Vita-Var Corporation v. Galvicon CorporationCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1960
  5. Clark Equipment Company v. Baker-Lull Corporation (Otis Elevator Company, Alleged Assignee, Substituted)Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1961

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In Re N.A.D. Inc., Also Trading as North American DragerCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
  2. In re FerreroCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973
  3. Jacobs v. International Multifoods Corp.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1982
  4. National Distillers & Chemical Corp. v. William Grant & Sons, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
  5. Dan River Mills, Incorporated v. The Yorke Shirt CorporationCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968

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