Sheffield-King Milling Co. v. Theopold-Reid Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Application by the Theopold-Reid Company for registration of a trade-mark, opposed by the Sheffield-King Milling Company. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, granting the application for registration, the opposer appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
The Sheffield-King Milling Company appeals from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents holding the Theopold-Reid Company entitled to register a trade-mark for wheat .flour consisting of the portrait of a man with the words “Jean Baptiste Faribault” written beneath the picture, the picture and words being located in a circular field with a representation of stalks of grain on either side of the portrait.
The opposition is based upon the previous use by the opposer of the mark “Faribault Fancy” on wheat flour. Both parties are located at Faribault, Minn.
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