Legal Opinion
The Community of Roquefort v. Joseph B. Santo, Dba the Sign of the Dove
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 24, 1971No. Patent Appeal 8415PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Judge.
This appeal, submitted on brief by both parties, is from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 1 dismissing appellant’s opposition to the registration by Joseph B. Santo, d/b/a The Sign of the Dove, 2 of the following composite mark for salad dressing on the Principal Register:
Appellant, The Community of Roquefort, is a municipality organized under the municipal laws of the Republic of France. It predicated the opposition on ownership of the registered certification
mark 3 “ROQUEFORT” for cheese. 4 Applied to the goods the mark certifies, in essence, that the…
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