Legal Opinion
In re B. F. Goodrich Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 2, 1923No. 1531PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The Commissioner of Patents refused registration of the word “Safety” as a trade-mark for pneumatic tire casings made of rubber combined with fabric, on the ground that the word had been previously registered for “conducting hose composed of rubber and fabric,” which the Commissioner ruled were goods of the same descriptive properties as those on which applicant jused its mark, and also on the ground that the word is descriptive.
We decided in Gutta-Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co. v. Ajax Manufacturing Co., 48 App. D. C. 230, that automobile tires and rubber hose and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- California Packing Corp. v. Price-Booker Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- In re Alvah Bushnell Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1919
3Cited by3 opinions
- Clarke v. K-MARTDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. v. Bendix Aviation Corp.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1946
- Philadelphia Inquirer Co. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942