Case Name: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, Inc., Appellant, v. GOLD SEAL COMPANY et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1956-03-08
Citations: 230 F.2d 832
Docket Number: No. 12764
Parties: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, Inc., Appellant, v. GOLD SEAL COMPANY et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 230
Pages: 832–832

Head Matter:
S. C. JOHNSON & SON, Inc., Appellant, v. GOLD SEAL COMPANY et al., Appellees.
No. 12764.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Jan. 30, 1956.
Decided March 8, 1956.
Messrs. Francis C. Browne and William E. Schuyler, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.
Mr. Floyd E. Thompson, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, Chicago, 111., pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Edward B. Beale, Washington, D. C., and Maurice M. Moore, Minneapolis, Minn., were on the brief, for appellee Gold Seal Co.
Messrs. Clarence W. Moore, Sol., U. S. Patent Office, and E. L. Reynolds, Sol., U. S. Patent Office, at the time record was filed, entered appearances for appellees Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents.
Before PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Gold Seal Company sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking a decree authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to register as a trade-mark the words Glass Wax used by it as a name for a liquid cleaner of glass and metal. S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., answered, seeking a declaratory judgment that the words Glass Wax do not constitute a lawful trade-mark, and counter-claiming for in-junctive relief, profits and damages on the ground that the mark constitutes a false representation and description of goods, thereby causing Johnson damage or the likelihood of damage. Gold Seal's complaint was dismissed, as was Johnson's counter-claim, and the latter appeals.
For the reasons given in District Judge Youngdahl's opinion, Gold Seal Company v. Weeks, D.C.D.C.1955, 129 F. Supp. 928, at pages 937-940, the dismissal of the counter-claim is
Affirmed.