Florence Mfg. Co. v. J. C. Dowd & Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1910-04-11

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COXE, Circuit Judge. We agree with the Circuit Court in thinking that the word “Keepclean,” as applied to tooth brushes, is descriptive merely and is therefore not the subject of a valid trade-mark. If the 'distinguishing feature of the brush, which its owner desires to emphasize, is its capacity for keeping clean, he could hardly find any different words in which to convey his meaning. It will probably be conce…

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