Legal Opinion
In re Water Gremlin Co.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided November 26, 1980No. Appeal No. 80-534PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), 204 USPQ 261 (1979), affirming the examiner’s refusal to register a package design with the words SINKER SELECTOR displayed thereon on the Supplemental Register. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Appellant applied for registration, initially on the Principal Register, of the following design and words:
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The application for registration (Serial No. 5,535, filed November 5, 1973) states “the mark is used as a container for the goods” and claims use since August 1,…
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