Legal Opinion
In re Morton-Norwich Products, Inc.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 18, 1982No. Appeal No. 81-540PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the ex parte decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board), 209 USPQ 437 (TTAB 1980), in application serial No. 123,548, filed April 21, 1977, sustaining the examiner’s refusal to register appellant’s container configuration on the principal register. We reverse the holding on “functionality” and remand for a determination of distinctiveness.
Background
Appellant’s application seeks to register the following container configuration as a trademark for spray starch, soil and stain removers, spray cleaners…
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