Imperial Cotto Sales Co. v. N. K. Fairbanks Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Application by the Imperial Cotto Sales Company for registration of a trade-marlc, opposed by the N. K. Fairbanks Company. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, sustaining the opposition and refusing registration, the applicant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEF, Associate Justice.
This is a trade-mark opposition proceeding. The appeal is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents sustaining a notice of opposition to the registration by appellant, Imperial Cotto Sales Company, of the word “Cottolene” as a *687trade-mark for an animal feed meal composed principally of cotton seed.
[1] It appears that the predecessor in business of the opposer, the N. K. Fairbanks Company, coined the word “Cottolene” in 1887 as a trade-mark to designate a cooking fat made from cotton seed oil and oleostearine. The mark has been registered in most of the…
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