MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO. v. CROWN 400 CORP.

Patent Appeal No. 6691.

290 F.2d 595 (1961)

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant, v. CROWN 400 CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Gehan, Charles H. Lauder, Carpenter, Abbott, Coulter & Kinney, St. Paul, Minn., for appellant.

Martin J. Brown, Adams, Forward & McLean, Robert B. Harmon, Washington, D. C. (Malcolm S. Bradway, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

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


WORLEY, Chief Judge.

The sole issue here is whether there is likelihood of purchaser confusion within the meaning of Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1052(d) between the marks of the parties when applied to their respective goods. The trademark Trial and Appeal Board held in the negative and dismissed an opposition by appellant, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, to an application by appellee, Crown 400 Corporation, for registration of ...

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