Legal Opinion
Parks LLC v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 6, 2017No. 16-2768PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns a trademark that once enjoyed widespread recognition but has since grown considerably weaker. Since the 1950s, Parks Sausage Company has manufactured or. licensed sausage under the brand name “PARKS.” 1 At one point, PARKS was placed on the Principal Register of trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), but, sometime in the early 2000s, Parks failed to renew the registration. In 2014, Tyson Foods, Inc. and Hill-shire Brands Company (collectively, “Tyson”), 2 the owners of the frankfurter brand BALL PARK,…
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