Legal Opinion
Otto Roth & Co. v. Universal Foods Corp.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 5, 1981No. Appeal No. 80-563PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) sustaining appellee’s opposition and refusing to register appellant’s trademark. The decision is vacated and the case is remanded.
Background
Prior to the present opposition, Lankor International, Inc., appellee-opposer’s predecessor-in-interest, applied for registration on the Principal Register of the words BRIE NOUVEAU as a trademark for “cheese,” application serial No. 65,932, filed October 15, 1975, alleging first use in July, 1973. The examiner refused…
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