Legal Opinion

Application of the Singer Manufacturing Company

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided June 18, 1958No. Patent Appeal 6375PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’CONNELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Assistant Commissioner of Patents, 112 USPQ 268, affirming the decision of the Examiner of Trademarks and refusing registration of appellant’s mark for sewing machines. The mark consists of the design herewith reproduced :

It is stated in appellant’s application for registration that the foregoing design has been “applied directly upon the goods, and/or upon labels which are affixed upon containers for the goods.” It further appears from the record that, as applied to sewing machines, the two opposite lines of the design lie along the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. v. Broderick & Bascom Rope Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Keller Products, Inc. v. Rubber Linings Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
  3. Jantzen Knitting Mills v. West Coast Knitting MillsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1931
  4. In re Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1932
  5. Barron-Gray Packing Co. v. Bruce's Juices, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1947

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  4. Hangzhou Mengku Technology Co., Ltd and Fuzhou Mengku Technology Co., Ltd v. Shanghai Zhenglang Technology Co., Ltd, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board2024
  5. Michael A. Robinson v. Hot Grabba Leaf, LLC, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board2019

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