Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Blair Milling Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Application by the Blair Milling Company for registration of a trade■mark, opposed by the Aunt Jemima Mills Company. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, dismissing the notice of opposition, the opposer appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appellant company, a Delaware corporation, with its place of business at St. Joseph, Mo., filed its opposition to the registration of a trade-mark by appellee company, a Kansas corporation, doing business at Atchison, Kan., 23 miles from St. Joseph.
Appellant’s device is the well-known'“Aunt Jemima” trade-mark for self-rising buckwheat flour. It consists of the words “Aunt Jemima’s,” having underneath the bust picture of a full-faced smiling negress, with a handkerchief wrapped about her head and shoulders. This mark has been used by appellant company and its…
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