R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. AMERICAN BRANDS, INC.

Patent Appeal No. 9102.

493 F.2d 1235 (1974)

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. AMERICAN BRANDS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

April 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bradlee Boal, Cooper, Dunham, Clark, Griffin & Moran, New York City, attorney of record, for appellant.

Marie V. Driscoll, Lenore B. Stoughton, Rogers, Hoge & Hills, New York City, attorneys of record, for appellee.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Judges.


MILLER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 173 USPQ 446 (1972), dismissing appellant's opposition to appellee's application serial No. 355,289, filed March 26, 1970, for the registration of ADVANCE for cigarettes. Opposition is predicated on appellant's registration No. 784,715, issued February 9, 1965, of VANTAGE for cigarettes. We affirm.

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