WELLA CORPORATION v. LA MAUR, INC.

Patent Appeal No. 6884.

312 F.2d 831 (1963)

The WELLA CORPORATION, Appellant, v. LA MAUR, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

February 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Y. Munson, New York City, for appellant.

Arthur S. Caine, Whiteley & Caine, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH, and ALMOND, Associate Judges.


WORLEY, Chief Judge.

La Maur seeks cancellation of Wella's trademark "Style-Tex" for use on a hair setting lotion, alleging prior and continuous use of "Style" on similar goods.

La Maur submitted various documents, testimony of two of its officers, and that of three wholesale beauty supply concerns. Wella took no testimony, relying on its own registration and eleven third party registrations which contain the word "Style" in various forms.

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