Legal Opinion

In re Richardson Ink Co.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided March 6, 1975No. Patent Appeal Nos. 74-609, 74-610PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LANE, Judge.

DECISION

These appeals are from the decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 181 USPQ 845, 846 (1974), affirming the examiner’s ex parte refusal to register the wordmarks SOLID STATE (Ser. No. 390,313, filed April 26, 1971) and RICO SOLID STATE (Ser. No. 381,-950, filed January 25, 1971) for printing ink compositions and vehicles for printing inks, use since January 8, 1971 being asserted. We affirm.

OPINION

Registration of the wordmark SOLID STATE was refused under the provisions *561of section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. § 1052(e)(1)) on the ground that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Canal Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Application of Hercules Fasteners, IncCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
  3. Application of American Society of Clinical Pathologists, IncCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
  4. In re Ideal Industries, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1975

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  3. In re Water Gremlin Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1980
  4. SportsChannel Associates v. Commissioner of Patents & TrademarksDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
  5. Audemars Piguet Holding SA, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board2025

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