Legal Opinion
Modern Optics, Incorporated v. The Univis Lens Company
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 20, 1956No. Patent Appeal 6207PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Acting Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in an opposition proceeding filed in the Patent Office by Modern Optics, Incorporated, appellant, against an application by The Univis Lens Company, appellee, for registration of a trade-mark for ophthalmic lens blanks and eyeglass lenses.
The mark is described in the decision of the Examiner of Interferences as follows:
“The mark which the applicant seeks to register comprises a pictorial representation of an eye from which outwardly projecting lines radiate through a lens to and through the wording ‘Gontinuvis Lenses’ and the initials ‘CV’ said…
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