Legal Opinion

Application of Hercules Fasteners, Inc

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided April 15, 1953No. Patent Appeal 5964PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, speaking through the Assistant Commissioner, 92 U.S.P.Q. 287, affirming the conditional refusal of the Examiner of Trade-Marks to register the trade-mark sought by appellant.

Appellant seeks to have registered on the Principal Register, under the Trade-Mark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1051 et seq., a composite mark “for Tube sealing machines, which apply barrel fasteners, sometimes called eyelet fasteners to seal the ends of flexible tubes,” such as sausage casings. The mark sought consists of the notation…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Estate of P. D. Beckwith, Inc. v. Commissioner of PatentsSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  2. Andrew J. McPartland, Inc. v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1947
  3. Hygienic Products Co. v. Huntington Laboratories, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1943
  4. Application of Servel IncCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1950
  5. In re St. Paul Hydeaulic Hoist Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1949

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pizzeria Uno Corporation v. James W. Temple, Jr., D/B/A Taco UnoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
  2. United States Steel Corporation v. Vasco Metals CorporationCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
  3. Gold Seal Company v. WeeksDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
  4. Application of Colonial Stores IncorporatedCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
  5. Dena Corporation v. Belvedere International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991

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