Legal Opinion
Estate of P. D. Beckwith, Inc. v. Commissioner of Patents
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1920No. 178PublishedCited by 192 opinions
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
The petitioner, a corporation, filed an application in the Patent Office for the registration of a trade-mark, which is described as follows:
“A design like a seal, comprising the head of an Indian chief surmounting a scroll bearing his name, ‘ Doe-WahJack,’ and surrounded by a circle, outside of which appear the words ‘Round Oak’ and "‘Moistair Heating System’ in a circle, and the whole being surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves.”
It will be useful to reproduce the drawing filed with this application:
It was averred that the petitioner had used the mark for more than eighteen months before the…
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