Legal Opinion
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Also Trading as Sharp Corporation) v. Thinksharp, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 30, 2006No. 05-1220PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, also trading as Sharp Corporation, (“Sharp”) appeals the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, dismissing Sharp’s opposition to the registration by ThinkSharp, Inc. (“ThinkSharp”) of the mark THINK-SHARP. 1 We affirm the Board’s decision.
BACKGROUND
ThinkSharp filed an application to register the word mark THINKSHARP on February 26, 1999, and filed a second application to register the mark THINK-SHARP and Design on June 4, 1999. Both marks were designated for use with educational goods and…
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