Legal Opinion
In Re the Boston Beer Company Limited Partnership
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 7, 1999No. 464PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Chief Judge.
The Boston Beer Company Limited Partnership (“Boston Beer”) appeals from a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirming the final rejection of trademark application Serial No. 74/464,-118 seeking to register “The Best Beer In America” on the principal register. See In re Boston Beer Co. Partnership, 47 USPQ2d 1914, 1998 WL 650077 (TTAB June 11, 1998). Because the board did not err in refusing to register the mark described in Boston Beer’s application, we affirm.
Background
On November 30, 1993, the Boston Beer Company filed an…
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