Black Panther Company, Inc. v. Cook Chemical Company

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent Office dismissing an opposition by appellant to appellee’s application, No. 6,592, filed April 18, 1956, for registration of “E-Z Lite” as a trademark for a liquid chemical composition for use in starting fires.

The opposition was based on appellant’s alleged prior use of “E-Z Lite” for charcoal, and alleged ownership of Trademark Registration No. 353,606, granted January 11, 1938, for “EZ-Fire” as a trademark for kindling blocks, to the EZ-Fire Company of Ludewici, Georgia.…