Legal Opinion
Material Supply International, Inc. v. Sunmatch Industrial Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 10, 1998No. 97-7092; Consolidated with 97-7093PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Material Supply International, Inc., an Oregon corporation, sells pneumatic power tools. Sunmatch Industrial Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese company, manufactures and exports pneumatic tools. Both claim ownership of the SUNTECH trademark for pneumatic tools. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruled in favor of Sunmatch. The district court held a bench trial on MSI’s challenge to the ruling of the TTAB and submitted the other issues to a jury. Both parties appeal from various of the district court’s decisions.
I. Background
The key issue in the case is which party first…
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