Legal Opinion
El Encanto, Inc. v. Hatch Chile Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 17, 2016No. 15-2012PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
The Hatch Valley may be to chiles what the Napa Valley is to grapes. Whether it’s the soil, the desert’s dry heat, or the waters of the Rio Grande, the little town of Hatch, New Mexico, and its surroundings produce some of the world’s finest chile peppers. Just ask any of the 30,000 people who descend on the place every year for the chile festival.
One thing we know about life and the law is that where value lurks litigation will soon follow — and the Hatch Valley chile pepper supplies no exception. After the Hatch Chile Company sought to trademark the term “Hatch” for…
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