FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. FORD

Patent Appeal No. 8704.

462 F.2d 1405 (1972)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Sherman FORD, Jr., d/b/a Ford Records, Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

August 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Franklin Rothwell, Sughrue, Rothwell, Mion, Zinn & MacPeak, Washington, D.C., attorneys of record, for appellant. Glenn S. Arendsen, Dearborn, Mich., of counsel.

Royall, Koegel & Wells, New York City, attorneys of record, for appellee. Loren C. Berry, John J. Sheehy, New York City, of counsel.

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


LANE, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, reported in full at 162 USPQ 418 (1969), dismissing Ford Motor Company's opposition to the registration of FORD RECORDS,1 stylized as shown in the board's published opinion,2 for "phonograph records and recording tapes." We reverse.

The record shows that since late in 1958...

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