Legal Opinion
Motorola, Inc. v. Griffiths Electronics, Inc.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 16, 1963No. Patent Appeal 6969PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
Motorola, Inc. opposes the registration of “THE GOLDEN GRID” on the Principal Register by Griffiths Electronics, Inc., which filed application Ser. No. 44,-276, January 20, 1958, claiming first use of the mark on October 14, 1957. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissed the opposition, 132 USPQ 565 and 568.
Applicant-appellee seeks to register the above mark “for Electron Guns for Television Tubes and Other Electronic Devices and for the No. 1 Grid for Such Tubes and Devices.” The word “grid” is the name of one of the articles enumerated in the application and by amendment…
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