In re Standard Underground Cable Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents refusing to register a trademark. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duell
This is an appeal [by the Standard Underground Cable Company] from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents refusing to register appellant’s trademark, which is alleged to consist of the word “eclipse,” and which is used in connection with insulated wire.
The ground upon which registration is refused is stated to be that the mark shown and described in the application is not the mark which the appellant has used.
The record discloses that the word “eclipse,” as used by appellant, appears upon a label. It is stated in the application for registration, that “the trademark is usually displayed…
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