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Burke-Parsons-Bowlby v. Appalachian Log Homes
871 F.2d 590 (6th Cir. 1989) Cited 86 timesHolding that " trademark that is primarily geographically descriptive must have acquired secondary meaning to invoke the protection of the Lanham Act."
In re Societe Generale Des Eaux Minerales De Vittel S.A.
824 F.2d 957 (Fed. Cir. 1987) Cited 9 times 2 Legal AnalysesNo. 87-1127. July 14, 1987. Paul F. Kilmer, Mason, Fenwick Lawrence, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Albin F. Drost, Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, Va., for appellee. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH and BISSELL, Circuit Judges. RICH, Circuit Judge. This appeal is from the 30 September 1986 decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board), 1 USPQ2d
In re Mid-West Abrasive Co.
146 F.2d 1011 (C.C.P.A. 1945) Cited 2 timesPatent Appeals Nos. 4935, 4936. January 4, 1945. Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents, Serial Nos. 4935, 4936. Proceedings in the matter of the separate applications of Mid-West Abrasive Company for registration of two trade-marks. From the decisions of the Commissioner of Patents affirming decisions of the Examiner of Trade-Marks denying the application, applicant appeals. Affirmed. Whittemore, Hulbert Belknap, Clarence B. Zewadski, and William H. Gross, all of Detroit, Mich., for appellant.
Section 1056 - Disclaimer of unregistrable matter
15 U.S.C. § 1056 Cited 69 times 3 Legal AnalysesLimiting effect of disclaimers to mark for which registration was sought