Legal Opinion

In re Abcor Development Corp.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided December 14, 1978No. Appeal No. 78-562PublishedCited by 153 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“board),1 affirming the examiner’s refusal to register appellant’s trademark GASBADGE on the principal register as “merely descriptive” within the meaning of section 2(e)(1) of the Lanham Act.2 We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Appellant’s application3 states that the goods for which the mark has been adopted are “Device to determine and monitor personal exposure to gaseous pollutants.”

In its opinion, the board, citing Ex parte International Spike, Inc., 190 USPQ 505, 506 (TTAB 1976), said…

2Cases cited18 opinions

Abercrombie & Fitch Company v. Hunting World, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
Union Carbide Corporation v. Ever-Ready Incorporated, a Corporation, and Mark Gilbert, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
William R. Warner & Co. v. Eli Lilly & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
Estate of P. D. Beckwith, Inc. v. Commissioner of PatentsSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
Stix Products, Inc. v. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968

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3Cited by153 opinions

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The Vision Center, Cross v. Opticks, Inc., Will Ross, Inc. And G. D. Searle & Co., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
In Re Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, IncCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
In Re Bayer AktiengesellschaftCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc., and Miller Brewing Company, Cross-Appellants v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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