Case Name: R. H. MACY & CO. v. NEW YORK GROCERY CO.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1920-06-02
Citations: 267 F. 749
Docket Number: No. 1317
Parties: R. H. MACY & CO. v. NEW YORK GROCERY CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 267
Pages: 749–750

Head Matter:
R. H. MACY & CO. v. NEW YORK GROCERY CO.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted May 17, 1920.
Decided June 2, 1920.)
No. 1317.
Trade-marks and trade-names 1 — Trade-mark “White Lily,” for coffee, canceled on petition of one using mark “Lily White” for tea.
One using “Lily White” as a trade-mark for tea and a large line of groceries was entitled to cancellation of a trade-mark “White Lily,” used by defendant for coffee; tea and coffee being used for the same purpose, and the marks being so similar as to be likely to lead to confusion,
Smyth, Chief Justice, dissenting.
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Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents.
Proceeding by R. H. Macy & Co. against the New York Grocery Company for the cancellation of a trade-mark. Decision for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
Reversed.
E. W. Bradford, of Washington, D. C., for appellants.
Benj. P. Fishburne, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Opinion:
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, denying the petition of appellants for cancellation of the trade-mark "White Lily" for coffee, registered by appellee company September 18, 1917. Appellants have used "Lily White" as a trade-mark for tea and a large line of groceries since 1895.
The marks are so similar as to be likely to lead to confusion, and the goods, while different in themselves, are used for the same purpose. The case must therefore be reversed, upon the authority of Walter Baker & Co. v. Harrison, 32 App. D. C. 272.
The decision of the Commissioner of Patents is reversed, and tire clerk is directed to certify these proceedings as by law required.
Reversed.