Legal Opinion
Sarah Coventry, Inc. v. T. Sardelli & Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 4, 1975No. 75--1199PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the district court, Sarah Coventry, Inc. v. T. Sardelli & Sons, Inc., D.R.I., 1975, 392 F.Supp. 347, that refused to overturn the dismissal by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 179 U.S.P.Q. 630, of an opposition to the application filed by appellee T. Sardelli & Sons, Inc., to use SARDE as a trademark for jewelry for personal wear and adornment. Appellant opposer, Sarah Coventry, Inc., manufactures and markets essentially identical jewelry, for which it uses the mark SARAH.
The sole issue before the Board was the likelihood…
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