Lucien Lelong, Inc. v. Elgin American Manufacturing Co.

Elgin American Manufacturing Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, filed an application for the registration of a trade-mark in the United States Patent Office in 1933. It was alleged that this mark had been adopted and used in connection with the sale of vanity cases, rouge boxes, compact boxes, eyebrow pencil holders, perfume and lipstick holders, jewel boxes, and the like, and it was represented that the trade-mark had been continuously used and applied to the said goods since November 14, 1932. The mark appears hereinafter.

The appellant, Lucien Lelong,…