Legal Opinion

In re Orion Research Inc.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided October 23, 1975No. Patent Appeal No. 75-540PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 184 USPQ 358 (1974), affirming the examiner’s refusal to register the marks “NO LEMON” 1 and the “ban the lemon” design2 illustrated below, for a service described in the applications as “For Guaranteeing Instrument Replacement.” We affirm.

Orion’s “NO LEMON” Guarantee

The “service” for which Orion seeks to register its marks is guaranteeing replacement of defective instruments of its own manufacture. Though Orion and the board speak of “repair,” the service is not so described in the applications.…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Murphy v. Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, AimsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  2. In Re Dr Pepper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
  3. Murphy v. Provident Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  4. American International Reinsurance Co. v. AIRCO, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
  5. Imported Auto Parts Corp. v. R. B. Shaller & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977

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