Dixie Rose Nursery v. Coe

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from the District Court’s refusal to authorize the Commissioner of Patents 1 to register appellant’s trade mark for rose plants, scions, and cuttings. The mark consists of the words “Texas Centennial” on an outline map of Texas. The Trade Mark Act of 1905 provides that “no mark which consists * * * merely in words or devices which are descriptive of the goods with which they are used, or of the character or quality of such goods, or merely a geographical name or term, shall be registered * * *.”2 The Patent Office refused registration on the grounds…