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· 4/25/1968

Application of Colonial Stores Incorporated

Citations

  • 394 F.2d 549
  • 55 C.C.P.A. 1049

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  • holding SUGAR & SPICE not merely descriptive for bakery products because it readily conjures a familiar - 10 - Serial Nos. 79194076 and 79194077 phrase in a well-known nursery rhyme
  • holding SUGAR & SPICE not merely descriptive for bakery products because it readily conjures a familiar - 10 - Serial Nos. 79194076 and 79194077 phrase in a well-known nursery rhyme
  • finding SUGAR & SPICE not merely descriptive of bakery products, the Court noted that the mark was not only descriptive but also evoked an association with the nursery rhyme, \sugar and spice and everything nice\
  • SUGAR & SPICE for baked goods “more than a mere description of the ingredients of the goods” because it evoked association with rhyme “everything nice”
  • SUGAR & SPICE not merely descriptive of bakery products inasmuch as it is suggestive of a nursery rhyme
  • “Sugar & Spice” is not merely descriptive, because it has “reminiscent, suggestive or associative connotation”

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Judges: Worley, Rich, Smith, Almond

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