International Paper Co. v. Valley Paper Co.

LANE, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1 sustaining appellee’s opposition to the registration of DATA-SPEED for “paper sold in bulk rolls or bulk reams for conversion only into business forms.”2 The opposition was predicated upon appellee’s registration of DATA for “writing, typewriter and printing paper.”3 The board held that DATA and DATA-SPEED, as applied to the goods described in the trademark registration and application respectively, so resemble each other that there is a likelihood of confusion, mistake or deception (Lanham *938Act § 2(d), 15…