Legal Opinion
T & T Manufacturing Co. v. A. T. Cross Co.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 24, 1978No. Civ. A. 5267PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
T&T Manufacturing Company (T&T) filed this action on appeal from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Board) 1 that upheld the application of the defendant A. T. Cross Company (Cross) to register as a trademark the silver-colored top on its writing instruments.
Defendant Cross and plaintiff-intervenors Jonathan Bradley Pens, Inc. (Bradley) and The Quill Company, Inc. (Second-Quill), engage in the manufacture and sale of mechanical pens and pencils. Plaintiff T&T sells mechanisms and findings for…
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