Legal Opinion
Formica Corp. v. Lefkowitz
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided January 25, 1979No. Appeal No. 79-526; Cancellation No. 11,955PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
The basic proceeding to which the present matter relates is a trademark cancellation proceeding, No. 11,955, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).1 The trademark is FORMICA and the cancellation petitioner is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC’s petition was filed May 31,1978. The respondent therein is Formica Corporation, owner of the mark and of its certificate of registration, No. 421,496, under the Trademark Act of February 20, 1905, registered June 4, 1946.2 The mark was republished, with the prescribed affidavits, under § 12(c) of the Trademark Act…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Thermtron Products, Inc. v. HermansdorferSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Cordis CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
- Green v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. WatsonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979
- Margolis v. BannerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979
- Ella Green v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Christine Totten v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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