Legal Opinion
In Re Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 8, 1985No. Appeal 84-1416PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (OCF) appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the Board) affirming the examining attorney’s denial of registration of the color “pink” as a trademark for fibrous glass residential insulation. We reverse.
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Alleging use in commerce since 1956, OCF applied on January 25, 1980, application Serial No. 247,707, for registration on the Principal Register of the color “pink” as uniformly applied to OCF’s fibrous glass residential insulation. The Board held that the…
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