· 6/25/1970
Application of John Nicholson Gardner, Anthony Maitland Roe and George Lawrence Willey
Citations
- 427 F.2d 786
- 57 C.C.P.A. 1207
- 166 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 138
- 1970 CCPA LEXIS 333
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[B]y claiming pharmaceutical compositions ‘having antidepressant activity’ and methods ‘of producing antidepressant activity’ which consist in administering the compounds, [applicants] are claiming in terms of use” and must “disclose how to use, as section 112 ordains.”
- the court rejected any principle that the same mark on tobacco and alcoholic beverage products necessarily results in likelihood of confusion; the court did not address the relatedness of all tobacco products and all alcoholic beverages under all circumstances
- a “pharmaceutical composition” is an active compound “in a suitable pharmaceutical carrier”
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Judges: Rich, Almond, Baldwin, Lane, Fisher, Eastern
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