· 9/28/1961
Blisscraft of Hollywood v. United Plastics Company, Marmax Products Corp., and Morris Shapiro, Doing Business as Great Eastern Housewares Company
Citations
- 294 F.2d 694
- 131 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 55
- 1961 U.S. App. LEXIS 3548
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the mark “Poly Pitcher” was inherently distinctive because it referred both to the product’s polyethylene material and to Molly Pitcher, a semi-mythological figure of the American Revolution
- POLYPITCHER not merely descriptive of polyethylene pitchers inasmuch as it is an incongruous expression suggestive of MOLLY PITCHER
- POLYPITCHER not merely descriptive of polyethylene pitchers inasmuch as it is an incongruous expression suggestive of MOLLY PITCHER
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Judges: Lumbard, Moore, Steel
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