Legal Opinion
The H. Marvin Ginn Corporation v. The International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 23, 1986No. Appeal 85-2513PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the April 12, 1985, decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) in cancellation No. 13,676, 225 USPQ 940 (1985), granting the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC) petition to cancel the H. Marvin Ginn Corporation’s (Ginn) Principal Register registration of the mark FIRE CHIEF (Registration No. 1,079,863, issued December 20, 1977), for a “magazine directed to the field of firefighting.” We reverse and remand.
Background
Appellant Ginn has published the monthly magazine FIRE CHIEF since 1967.…
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