Legal Opinion
Van Camp Sea Food Co. v. Alexander B. Stewart Organizations
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 27, 1931No. Patent Appeal 2708PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLAND, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, affirming the action of the Examiner of Interferences, dismissing the opposition, and adjudging the applicant, appellee, entitled to the registration for which application had been made.
The applicant seeks to register the term “White Chicken,” used upon canned tuna.
The opposer sets up a prior use of the term “Chicken of the Sea,” as a trade-mark for tuna fish, and shows ownership of registration No. 97,192, granted May 19, 1914, for the mark. According to the reeord, the “Chicken of the Sea” trade-mark…
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