Legal Opinion
In Re Plymouth Motor Corporation
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided January 12, 1931No. Patent Appeal 2510PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Associate Judge.
In the final analysis, the determination of the issue of this ease must turn largely upon the construction of the word “merely” as same is used in that clause of section 5 of the Trade-Mark Registration Act (15 USCA § ' 85) which provides:
“That no mark which consists merely in * * * a geographical name or term, shall be registered under the terms of this subdivision of this chapter.”
Applicant seeks to register a mark which comprises a picture, or drawing, of a sailing vessel on the sea and the words “Chrysler Plymouth,” for use qn “automobiles and their structural…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Drake Medicine Co. v. GlessnerOhio Supreme Court · 1903
- Hercules Powder Co. v. NewtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- Phenix Cheese Co. v. KirpAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Sanders v. UttMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884
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- General Motors Corp. v. Cadillac Marine & Boat Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1964
- Ph. Schneider Brewing Co. v. Century Distilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Walgreen Drug Stores, Inc. v. Obear-Nester Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Peeler v. MillerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1976
- In Re: The Newbridge Cutlery CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2015
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