DocketNumber: No. 1517
Citation Numbers: 285 F. 1012
Judges: Robb
Filed Date: 1/2/1923
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/26/2022
Appeal from concurrent decisions of the Patent Office tribunals in a trade-mark opposition proceeding, in which applicant was denied the right to register the words “Red Devil,” accompanied by a supposedly representative picture.
Applicant adopted this mark in 1918, and since that time has used it in connection with the sale of pneumatic rivet cutters. Prior to the adoption of this mark by the'applicant, the opposer, appellee here, adopted and has since used substantially the same mark in connection with the sale of numerous tool and hardware specialties, such as
It is the contention of the applicant that its pneumatic rivet cutters are not of the same descriptive properties, within the meaning of the Trade-Mark Act (Comp. St. § 9485 et seq.), as the smaller tools of the opposer. The Patent Office thought otherwise. The business end of applicant’s rivet cutter is a cold chisel, and, although the power actuating it is derived from pneumatic pressure, it functions in exactly the same way as though manually operated. In other words, it is a rivet cutter, whether automatically or manually operated.
It may be conceded that there is considerable difference between a large automatic rivet cutter, and a smaller hand tool, such as opposer manufactures and sells; but that difference is less noticeable m the smaller tool manufactured by applicant and called the “Baby Devil.” In either case, however, the purpose of the tools, of the two parties is the same, and it must be held that they are goods of “the same general qualities or characteristics as those of the goods to which” opposer’s trade-mark already had been applied. Anglo-American Incand. L. Co. v. General E. Co., 43 App. D. C. 385; Imperial Cotto Sales Co. v. N. K. Fairbanks Co., 50 App. D. C. 250, 270 Fed. 686. Certainly there is sufficient similarity in the characteristics of the products of the parties as to be likely to create confusion in the mind of the public and to deceive purchasers.
The decision therefore is affirmed.
Affirmed.