Legal Opinion
Application of Calgon Corporation
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided January 7, 1971No. Patent Appeal 8366PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RE, Judge.
Calgon Corporation appeals from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 1 sustaining the examiner’s refusal to register on the Principal Register the following trademark, 2 aptly described as a silhouette of a girl in a bathtub with a blossom design:
It is used for water softeners, hair rinses, perfumed water conditioners, and compositions containing bath oil, perfume and water softener.
Registration was refused because, in the Patent Office view, Calgon’s mark "so resembles a mark registered in the Patent Office * * * as to be likely, when applied to the goods of the…
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