California Cyanide Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.

Appellant on June 30, 1926, made application for registration in the United States Patent Office of the coined word “ Citrofume ” as a trade-mark for use for fumigants, the principal use of the product being, so we understand, as an insecticide for the destruction of insects which infest citrus fruit trees. Use of the word as a trademark was claimed to have begun in applicant’s business March 8, 1926.

Opposition to the application was made by the appellee, American Cyanamid Co., who alleged that “ it believes it would be damaged by such registration ” and stated its grounds of opposition to be: