Steinberg Brothers, Inc. v. New England Overall Co., Inc.

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissing appellant’s opposition to appellee’s application 1 to register NU-HIDE for “dungarees.”

Appellant is engaged in the tanning of animal hides into leather, and the sale of :such leather, which is used, inter alia, in making cowboys’ chaps, which are leather leggings resembling trousers without .a seat and worn over regular pants as a leg protection. Appellee’s dungarees on the other hand, are not made of, nor do they contain leather.

Appellant contends that NUHIDE is the phonetic equivalent of…