Legal Opinion
Celotex Co. v. Millington
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 1, 1931No. Patent Appeal 2770PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAHAM, Presiding Judge.
The appellee filed an application on June 2, 1928, for the registration of the mark “Fir-Tex,” to be used in connection with the sale of wood-fibre board. The appellant, the Celotex Company, filed opposition thereto, basing such opposition upon its use and ownership of the trade-mark “Celotex,” used on goods of the same descriptive properties. The Examiner of Interferences dismissed the opposition and granted registration, and this-decision was affirmed, on appeal, by the Commissioner of Patents of the United States Patent Office.
Neither party took testimony in this…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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