Legal Opinion
Keebler Company v. Murray Bakery Products
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 25, 1989No. 88-1537PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) dismissing Opposition No. 76,865 of Keebler Company (Keebler), owner of Registration No. 648,660 on PECAN SANDIES for use on cookies, to registration of PECAN SHORTEES for use on cookies by Murray Bakery Products (Murray). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In its Notice of Opposition, Keebler raised the sole issue of whether contemporaneous marketing of cookies under the marks PECAN SANDIES and PECAN SHORTEES is likely to cause confusion or mistake in relation to the source or sponsorship…
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