PUERTO RICO DISTILLING CO. v. COCA-COLA CO.

Patent Appeal No. 4471.

120 F.2d 370 (1941)

PUERTO RICO DISTILLING CO. v. COCA-COLA CO.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan P. Tashof, of Washington. D. C., (S. Pierre Robineau and Garland M. Budd, Jr., both of Miami, Fla., of counsel), for appellant.

Spalding, Sibley, Troutman & Brock and Frank Troutman, all of Atlanta, Ga., and Edward S. Rogers, of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before GARRETT, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, LENROOT, and JACKSON, Associate Judges.


GARRETT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents reversing that of the Examiner of Interferences in a trade-mark opposition proceeding instituted in the United States Patent Office by appellee, Coca-Cola Company, against an application filed by appellant, Puerto Rico Distilling Company, for the registration of the notation "Ronricola" as a trade-mark for rum, alcoholic cocktails, and beverages containing substantial portions...

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