Gardel Industries v. Kingsland, Commissioner of Patents

These are appeals from orders of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, granting appellees’ motions to dismiss. Gardel Industries, Inc., is engaged in the manufacture of dolls and applied to the Commissioner of Patents for registration of trade-marks “Birthstone Doll” and “Birthstone Doll of the Month”. Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls, Inc., resident of California, filed opposition to the registration, alleging interference with its pending applications for registration of the trade-marks “Birthday Dolls” and “Dolls of the Month”. The Examiner of Interferences…