Case Name: In re MACLIN-ZIMMER-McGILL TOBACCO CO., Inc.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1920-01-05
Citations: 262 F. 635
Docket Number: No. 1241
Parties: In re MACLIN-ZIMMER-McGILL TOBACCO CO., Inc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 262
Pages: 635–635

Head Matter:
In re MACLIN-ZIMMER-McGILL TOBACCO CO., Inc.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted November 10, 1919.
Decided January 5, 1920.)
No. 1241.
TRADE-MARKS AND TRADE-NAMES <®I=>43 — REGISTRATION OF ENGLISH NAME PRECLUDES Spanish equivalent.
“El Gallo,” which is Spanish for “The Rooster,” cannot be registered as a trade-mark, where the words “Our Rooster” and a picture of a rooster had been previously registered for the same goods by another concern.
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents.
Application by the Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Company, Incorporated, to register a trade-mark. From a decision refusing registration, the applicant appeals.
Affirmed.
Henry M. Wise, of New York City, for appellant.
T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Opinion:
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a Patent Office decision refusing registration to the words "El Gallo," as a trade-mark for tobacco.
"El Gallo" is the Spanish for "The Rooster," and it appears that "Our Rooster" and a picture of a rooster have been registered as a trade-mark for tobacco by another concern. In Nestle & A. S. C. Milk Co. v. Walter Baker & Co., 37 App. D. C. 148, 152, we ruled that "Milkmaid" and a pictorial representation of a milkmaid meant the same to the public, and that the "right to employ one necessarily includes the right to employ both." It matters not that appellant has employed the Spanish language, instead of English. In re Bradford Dyeing Ass'n, 46 App. D. C. 512.
The decision was right, and is affirmed.
Affirmed.