ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a decision of the Patent Office refusing registration to the word "Luzona," as a trademark for women's underwear; the ground of the decision being that the word is merely geographical.
The object of the inhibition against the registration of a descriptive or geographical term is to prevent one dealer from securing a monopoly of a term which, with equal propriety, may be used by other dealers in vending like goods. Thus...
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