In re Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corp.

Appellant filed its application with the United States Patent Office to register the word “Chantelle” under the Trade-mark Act of February 20, 1905, as a trade-mark for cheese. The examiner refused such registration on the ground that the word “Chantelle” is merely a geographical name which under section 5 of said act is forbidden registration. The examiner stated that the word “Chantelle” is found in Lippincott’s Gazetteer where it is referred to as the name of a town in France with a population of 2,000; that he was unable to find any other meaning for the word, and that he presumed that it…