Golden Gate Salami Company v. Gulf States Paper Corporation

MARTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board brought by appellant-registrant.

Appellant is the owner of the Supplemental Registration1 of the mark

for packaged luncheon meats in a cellophane tear open package.

Appellee is the owner of the registered marks E-Z,2 E-Z OPENER,3 E-Z PAK,4 E-Z CARI,5 and E-Z LOAD 6 for paper bags and the mark E-Z WRAP for kraft wrapping paper.7 There is testimony that appellee is a closely-held family managed corporation, whose corporate image has grown in the last 75 years to the extent that it is now recognized as a…