Legal Opinion
Van Dyne-Crotty, Inc. v. Wear-Guard Corporation, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 25, 1991No. 90-1276, 90-1277PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Van Dyne-Crotty, Inc. (“Van Dyne-Crotty” or “VDC”) appeals from the final decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”), granting Wear-Guard Corporation’s (“Wear-Guard”) petition to cancel VDC’s registration of the block letter trademark “CLOTHES THAT WORK” (No. 1,396,746). Wear-Guard, Corp. v. Van Dyne-Crotty, Inc., Can. No. 16,340 (TTAB Jan. 24, 1990). The Board based the cancellation on the grounds that concurrent use of VDC’s registered trademark and of a series of marks first used by Wear-Guard would be likely…
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