Traders Oil Mill Co. v. Lever Bros.

This is an appeal in a trade-mark opposition proceeding. Appellant on July 24, 1935, filed in the United States Patent Office its application for the registration of its mark consisting of the notation “COFLO,” surrounded by a border, for partially defatted cooked cottonseed flour. Use of the mark was alleged since March 9, 1935.

Appellee filed notice of opposition to said application, alleging ownership of the trade-mark “Covo,” applied to vegetable shortening in which cottonseed or cottonseed derivatives are used; that said mark had been used by it for vegetable shortening since June 9,1932;…