AMERICAN NOVAWOOD CORP. v. U. S. PLYWOOD-CHAMP. P., INC.

Patent Appeal No. 8274.

426 F.2d 823 (1970)

The AMERICAN NOVAWOOD CORPORATION, Appellant, v. U. S. PLYWOOD-CHAMPION PAPERS, INC., Assignee, By Merger and Change of Name of United States Plywood Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Donald Messenheimer, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for appellant. (Burns, Doane, Benedict, Swecker & Mathis, and William L. Mathis, Washington, D. C., of counsel).

James M. Heilman and Heilman & Heilman, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


RICH, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 154 USPQ 505 (1967), dismissing an opposition to the registration of NOVOWOOD as a trademark for "Lumber and Wood Products, i. e., Particle Board With or Without Decorative Faces," serial No. 211,215, filed February 2, 1965. Applicant, U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc.,1 claims use...

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