Legal Opinion
S C M Corporation v. Royal McBee Corporation
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 6, 1968No. Patent Appeal 7976PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WORLEY, Chief Judge.
Royal McBee seeks registration of “ELECTRESS” for use on “Typewriting Machines and Parts Thereof.” SCM opposes on prior use and registration of its trademark “ELECTRA” for “Electric Typewriters.”
After reviewing at some length the testimony and other evidence submitted by the parties, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1 summarized its finding that:
The record supports opposer’s claim of prior rights in the mark “ELECTRA”. The goods of the parties, although specifically different in certain physical characteristics, are nevertheless electric typewriters which have been…
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