Legal Opinion
Touraine Co. v. F. B. Washburn & Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 5, 1923No. 1535PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The Commissioner of Patents, on the opposition of F. B. Washburn & Co., refused to register to the Touraine Company the word “Touraine” as a trade-mark for candy and confections, including chocolates, etc., and the latter company brings the proceeding here for our review.
Both parties are engaged in the manufacture of candy, one in Brock-ton and the other in Boston, Mass., which they sell to wholesalers and jobbers. A grocery company adopted the mark in 1906, and the next year conveyed all right to it to the Touraine Company. From the time of the conveyance the latter…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Columbia Mill Co. v. AlcornSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Tennessee Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- McIlhenny Co. v. TrappeyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922
- Skene v. Marinello Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
3Cited by12 opinions
- Wilson Jones Company v. The Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Reid, Murdoch & Co. v. H. P. Coffee Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Autoline Oil Co. v. Indian Refining Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1924
- Colgate-Palmolive Co. v. Mistolín de Puerto Rico, Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1986
- California Cyanide Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1930
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