Legal Opinion
In Re the American Fertility Society (Now Known as American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 19, 1999No. 98-1540PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
The American Fertility Society, now known as the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (“Society”), appeals the May 18, 1998, decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) upholding the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“PTO’s”) requirement that the Society disclaim the phrase SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE in order to register its mark, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, on the supplemental register. See In re The Am. Fertility Soc’y, No. 74/568,765 (TTAB May 18, 1998). The appeal was submitted for our decision following oral…
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