Legal Opinion
Quaker Oats Co. v. General Mills, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1943No. 8071PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINTON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff-appellee, the Quaker Oats Company, filed an application in the Patent Office to register as a trade-mark the word “Oaties” to designate a ready-to-eat breakfast food made of oats. The Patent Office refused to register this word as a trade-mark. The plaintiff appealed to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The defendant-appellant, General Mills, Inc., elected to have the . proceedings under Section 4915, Revised Statutes, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, which had the effect of forcing the plaintiff into the District Court. The plaintiff accordingly…
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