Whitman Publishing Co. v. McLoughlin Bros.

This is an interference proceeding involving applications for tlie-registration of a trade-mark in the United States Patent Office. It comes to us by appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, speaking through the Assistant Commissioner, awarding priority to appellee. The commissioner’s decision reversed that of the-Examiner of Interferences who dissolved the interference without ruling upon the question of priority.

The mark which appellant seeks to register is THE BIG LITTLE BOOK for use on “a series of Books published from time to time.” Its application was filed October 19,…