U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1954

Clark Equipment Co. v. Weeks

Clark Equipment Co. v. Weeks
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided February 18, 1954
215 F.2d 678; 94 U.S. App. D.C. 426 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Clark Equipment Co. v. Weeks

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The District Court sustained appellees in refusing to register, as alleged trademarks for appellant’s fork lift trucks, the terms Trucloader and Carloader. The court found that these are generic names of the goods and have not become distinctive of appellant’s goods. We see no reason to disturb these findings. We need not consider whether these “generic names” might some day become distinctive of appellant’s goods and whether, if they did, they would be entitled to registration. During the argument of these appeals it was suggested that “Clark’s Trucloader” and “Clark’s Carloader” might be entitled to registration, but that question is not before us.

Affirmed.

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