Meehanite Metal Corporation v. The International Nickel Co., Inc.

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents affirming the decision of the Examiner of Interferences sustaining an opposition by appel-lee to the registration by appellant of the word “Spherulite" as a trademark for castings made of iron and iron alloys. The application states that the mark was first used by appellant on February 27, 1950.

Opposer-appellee alleged below that it and its licensees had been engaged for many years in the manufacture of metals, alloys and metallic additions for cast irons, including that described in U. S. Patent No. 2,485,760 to…