Esso Standard Oil Company v. Bigelow-Clark, Inc.

MARTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, speaking through the Assistant Commissioner, affirming the decision of the Examiner of Interferences, dismissing a notice of opposition by Esso Standard Oil Company, appellant, to the registration by BigelowClark, Inc., appellee, of the word “Parm” as a trademark for an antiseptic rubefacient for massaging, and as a palliative for minor cuts, bruises, and skin irritations, in Class 19 — Medicines and Pharmaceutical Preparations.

The opposition was based, in part, on opposer’s use of the mark “Parmo,” and, in…