Legal Opinion
In Re General Petroleum Corporation of California
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 27, 1931No. Patent Appeal 2755PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Associate Judge.
Appellant is, and for some time has been, engaged in the business of selling gasoline sold in bulk. In June, 1928, it began to introduce into its product a sufficient quantity of violet coloring matter to give a violet hue to the entire mass of gasoline so treated. The claim is that the introduction of this coloring matter was and is for no functional purpose, but solely for the purpose of distinguishing appellant’s gasoline from the gasoline marketed by other dealers, thus indicating origin. This is claimed to be a trademark use of the violet color, and in July,…
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- Sun-Maid Raisin Growers of California v. American Grocer Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1930
- Newcomer v. Scriven Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
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- In Re Owens-Corning Fiberglas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985