Legal Opinion
In re Nantucket Inc.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 6, 1982No. Appeal No. 81-567PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Nantucket, Inc. (Nantucket) appeals from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) affirming a refusal to register the mark NANTUCKET for men’s shirts on the ground that it is “primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive.” In re Nantucket, Inc., 209 USPQ 868 (TTAB 1981). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
On March 13, 1978, Nantucket, based in North Carolina, filed application serial number 162,716 for registration of NANTUCKET for men’s shirts on the principal *96register in the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), alleging a date of first use of February 2, 1978.
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