Coastal Chemical Co. v. Hodges

JACKSON, District Judge.

This is a motion for summary judgment in a civil action brought pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 1009, the Administrative Procedure Act, in which it was sought to have this Court compel the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the plaintiff a trademark registration for “PINEAIRE” in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and to restrict the registration of the same mark by Dust-a-Way, Inc., to the States of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio.

A registration of this character was in fact granted after full…