Legal Opinion
In Re Dr. Matthias Rath
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 24, 2005No. 04-1419, 04-1420, 75/753,445, 75/753,597PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Matthias Rath (“Rath”) appeals from the decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“PTO”) refusal to register the marks “DR. RATH” and “RATH” (“the marks”) on the principal register. In re Rath, 2004 WL 161352, 2004 TTAB LEXIS 18 (Trademark Trial & App.Bd.Jan. 22, 2004); In re Rath, 2004 WL 161351, 2004 TTAB LEXIS 19 (Trademark Trial & App. Bd. Jan. 22, 2004). The decisions of the Board have been consolidated on appeal. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Rath is a German citizen who applied to register the…
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