AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY v. ANDREASSEN

Patent Appeal No. 6700.

296 F.2d 783 (1961)

AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Hans J. ANDREASSEN (Doing Business as Domino Products Co.), Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

December 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quintard Joyner, New York City, for appellant.

Submitted on record by appellee.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, RICH, MARTIN, and SMITH, Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK.


WORLEY, Chief Judge.

The sole issue here is whether the provisions of Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1052(d) preclude registration of applicant's mark.

The record shows that the American Sugar Refining Company, opposer below and appellant here, has used the word DOMINO as its trademark for sugar since 1891. The mark was registered in 1901 and has been continuously renewed. From 1948 to 1958 a six million dollar advertising expenditure contributed...

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