Legal Opinion
Application of Meyer & Wenthe, Inc
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 30, 1959No. Patent Appeal 6447PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, acting through the Assistant Commissioner, affirming the decision of the Examiner of Trademarks refusing to register “Official” as a trademark for seal presses.
Appellant affixes the mark in question on a press designed to removably receive various dies for impressing embossed seals. The seals impressed may be of any character such as the familiar corporate or notarial seals, or otherwise personalized impressions.
The Commissioner held that the term “Official,” as applied to such presses, “ * * * j^g a singie…
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