Lever Bros. Co. v. Sitroux Co.

BLAND, Associate Judge.

Appellant has appealed here from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, affirming that the Examiner of Interferences, dismissing an opposition brought by appellant against the registration by appellee of the word “Sit-Ru-Lux” as a trade-mark for “Toilet Tissues” (toilet paper). The opposition is based upon the prior use and registration of the term “Lux” as a trademark for toilet soap, such prior use and registration being clearly shown.

The tribunals of the Patent Office pointed out that the differences in the marks and the differences in the characteristics and…