Legal Opinion
In Re Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 27, 1984No. Appeal 84-1023PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the January 17, 1984 decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Board), affirming the ex parte rejection of appellant’s application, Ser. No. 280,013, to register the word-mark MARTIN’S for “wheat bran and honey bread”. We affirm.
The refusal to register rests on section 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d). The Board held, in a two-to-one decision, that there would be a likelihood of confusion between applicant’s mark and Reg. No. 1,032,429 for the mark MARTIN’S for “cheese”. 221 USPQ 364…
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