The Morrison Milling Company v. General Mills, Inc

RE, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 1 sustaining an opposition by General Mills, Inc. to an application 2 by The Morrison Milling Company to register the following mark for prepared corn bread mix:

MORRISON'S

corn-kits

LA36193

General Mills’ opposition is predicated on ownership and prior use of its registered trademarks “Kix” 3 and “Corn Kix” 4 for “Cereal Food Products, Particularly Breakfast Cereal.” General Mills contends that it would be damaged by the registration sought by Morrison because, in its view, “Morrison’s Corn-Kits” so resembles its…