Legal Opinion
In Re Spirits International, N.V.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 29, 2009No. 2008-1369PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Spirits International B.V. (formerly Spirits International N.V.) (“Spirits”), appeals a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”). The Board affirmed a decision by an examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) refusing to register Spirits’ mark — MOSKOVSKAYA—for vodka. In re Spirits Int’l N.V., 86 U.S.P.Q.2d 1078 (TTAB 2008). The Board concluded that the mark was primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(e)(3). Because the Board applied an incorrect test for materiality in determining that the mark…
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