Legal Opinion
In Re Shinnecock Smoke Shop
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 1, 2009No. 2009-1100PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
In June 2006, Jonathan K. Smith (Applicant), a U.S. citizen and member of the Shinneeock Indian Nation and sole proprietor of Shinneeock Smoke Shop, filed two trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USP-TO), seeking to register the marks SHINNECOCK BRAND FULL FLAVOR and SHINNECOCK BRAND LIGHTS (Serial Nos. 78/918,061 and 78/918,500 respectively) for cigarettes. Both marks also included the wording “MADE UNDER SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY.”
The Trademark Examining Attorney (Examining Attorney) refused to register the proposed marks, citing…
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