American Fruit Growers Inc. v. John Braadland, Ltd.

This is an appeal, in a trade-mark cancellation proceeding, from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents affirming the decision of the examiner of interferences dismissing appellant’s application for the cancellation of appellee’s registration No. 233557, issued October 4, 1927, for the trade-mark “ Blue Goose ” for use on canned fish.

It was claimed by appellant in its application for cancellation that it and its predecessor had' used the words “ Blue Goose,” appearing immediately above a pictorial representation of a “blue goose,” as a trade-mark since 1918; that its mark was registered…