TIFFANY AND COMPANY v. NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY

Patent Appeal No. 8644.

459 F.2d 527 (1972)

TIFFANY AND COMPANY, Appellant, v. NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milo G. Coerper, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for appellant; Coudert Brothers, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Kenneth R. Sommer, Buffalo, N. Y. (Sommer, Weber & Gastel, Buffalo, N. Y.), attorneys of record, for appellee.

Before RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN, and LANE, Judges, and MALETZ, Judge, United States Customs Court, sitting by designation.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 161 USPQ 750 (1969), dismissing appellant's opposition to appellee's application to register the wordmark TIFFANY for wood-fiber, low density ceiling tile and ceiling grid panels. Appellee's application, serial No. 191,870, filed April 23, 1964, alleges first use in January 1949 and first use in interstate commerce in October 1950. Appellant's notice of opposition...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases