Yale Electric Corporation v. Robertson

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1928-06-11

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L. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above). The original examiner concluded that the use of the word “Yale” upon the plaintiff’s goods was confusing to the defendant’s buyers, but based his decision upon the ground that the mark sought to be registered was only a proper name, whose registration the statute did not allow. Th'e commissioner affirmed this decision on th…

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