Legal Opinion
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Assignee of Imperial Group Plc v. Philip Morris, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 30, 1990No. 89-1444PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Imperial Tobacco Limited appeals from the final decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in Cancellation No. 16,024, granting the petition of Philip Morris, Incorporated, for cancellation of Imperial’s Registration No. 1,160,-229 on a motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
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Imperial Tobacco Limited, a United Kingdom corporation, owns Registration No. 1,160,229 issued on July 7, 1981, on the Principal Register for the trademark shown below for cigarettes:
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The registration in issue was obtained on the…
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