Legal Opinion
Levi Strauss & Co., Applicant/appellant v. Genesco, Inc., Opposer/appellee
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 16, 1984No. Appeal 84-643PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from a grant of summary judgment by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to opposer Genes-co, Inc., (Genesco). Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi) sought registration on the principal register for a mark consisting of an unlettered orange tab protruding from a structural seam of a shoe. The tab is shown in this drawing in the opposed Application Serial No. 62,247.
The Board found that Levi had failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact in respect of Genesco’s showing that “[t]he cumulative evidence of use of the TAB…
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