Legal Opinion
The Hoover Company v. Royal Appliance Mg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 31, 2001No. 00-1219PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Chief Judge.
The Hoover Company (Hoover) appeals the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Opposition No. 96,834 on Application No. 74/462,460 (December 17, 1999), dismissing Hoover’s opposition of Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company’s (Royal) registration of the mark “The First Name in Flooreare.” We affirm.
Background
On November 23, 1993, Royal filed an application to register “The First Name in Flooreare” on the principal register for “electrical vacuum cleaners for both domestic and industrial use,” in class nine. The…
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