GEORATOR CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-1187.

485 F.2d 283 (1973)

GEORATOR CORPORATION, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Belanger, Atty., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice (Scott P. Crampton, Asst. U. S. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks and Ernest J. Brown, Attys., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, and Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellant.

Mark P. Friedlander, Arlington, Va. (Harry P. Friedlander, Friedlander, Friedlander & Brooks, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


FIELD, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether for federal income tax purposes fees incurred while resisting a petition to cancel registration of a trademark may be deducted annually as an ordinary business expense or must be treated as a capital expenditure.

In 1964 Wincharger Corporation, a subsidiary of Zenith Corporation, filed a petition in the Patent Office to cancel Georator Corporation's (Georator) registration of the trademark "NOBRUSH...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases