Supreme Court of the United States, 1921

American Steel Foundries v. Whitehead

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 11, 1921 · Day

256 U.S. 40; 41 S. Ct. 407; 65 L. Ed. 818; 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1691 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. George L. Wilkinson for petitioner., The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis,, Mr. Nathan Heard for Simplex Electric Heating Company, by special leave of court.

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Crown Overall Mfg. Co. v. Bee-Bee Frocks, Inc. (Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1951)
American Steel Foundries v. Robertson (Supreme Court of the United States 1926)

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Opinion

Me. Justice Day

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case a writ of certiorari was granted by this court on October 13, 1919. 250 U. S. 655. The case involves an application for the registration of a trademark, which was refused by the Examiner in the Patent Office, which decision was affirmed by the Commissioner of Patents and his decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. 49 App. D. C. 16. This case is ruled by Nos. 139 and 113, just decided, ante, 35. As the writ of certiorari in this case, for the reasons stated in the opinion in No. 139, was improvidently granted, it follows that the cause must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and it is

So ordered.

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