Legal Opinion
In Re Northern Paper Mills
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 29, 1933No. Patent Appeal 3266PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAHAM, Presiding Judge.
The appellant filed its petition in the United States Patent Office for the registration of its trade-mark, “Gasa,” used as a trade-mark for toilet paper. The Examiner of Trade-Marks refused registration on the ground that the mark was either descriptive or misdescriptive. The commissioner affirmed this decision, and, thereafter, .on an application for rehearing, reaffirmed his former decision.
It is admitted, in argument, that the word “Gasa” is a Spanish word meaning gauze. The word “gauze,” as it appears from the lexicographers, was so called because it was presumed…
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- California Cyanide Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1930
- In re Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1920
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