dM. &M.S. Browning Company dominant =< 2. 11/4/47. of the first second mark contains the dominant there is abandonment in The United the features record no date of one, those then, insofar as of first features particular the the one, features. main advantages of registering a trade-mark States Patent Office are that you acquire a of your right, and your registration makes it easier for you, in case of infringement, to prove your rights in court. Also, your registration puts the public on notice that you claim this particular trade-mark as your exclusive property for the class of goods on which you have been using it. However, you do not need to use a trade-mark in the exact form in which you register it. True, if you depart too far from the registration, then your registration may no longer be evidence of your rights but, by the use of your corrupted form, you are establishing rights to that corrupted form under the general law of unfair competition, For example, your registration No, 283,189 shows the mark as comprising the word "BROWNING" with the portrait below the word "BROWNING" and enclosed in a circle. The word HBROWNING" and the portrait are the dominating parts of the mark and so long as you use those dominating parts in the relation shown feven though you may add a border, embellishments, or other no way with words), your affected. the portrait rights, under Should someone beneath the the else word registration, use on the word shotguns or are in "BROWNING" the like, you could bring an action against this newcomer in which you would charge unfair competition and also infringement of your registration, and this would be true although this newcomer may use other words or designs in connection with the dominate ing features comprising the word "BROWNING" and the portrait. Now not de it), assume, that you just by dropped way the of example word (for "BROWNING" you would from your trade-mark and used only the portrait as a trade-mark on your shotguns, your present registration would then be of no further value because you are no longer using the registered mark, namely, the combination of the word and the portrait. However, if someone else should use Mr. Browning's portrait as a trade-mark or a portion of a trade-mark on shotguns, you would have a cause of action of unfair competition against him because this representation of Mr. Browning's portrait is your exclusive property which you have established by the use of the portrait either by itself or in combination with other features @ both as you use tration No. 248,671, Let (a) on shotguns, us consider it If you and your as the N" mark. by the letters someone could "F covered sue "F This United comprises, States N" within a the else uses "F N" him both for unfair and Regis- design. design competition