Legal Opinion
In Re Viterra Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 6, 2012No. 2011-1354PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
Viterra Inc. (“Viterra”) appeals the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) affirming the examining attorney’s refusal to register the trademark XCEED, in standard character form, for “agricultural seed.” The examining attorney refused registration under Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d), finding that Viterra’s XCEED mark was likely to cause confusion with the previously-registered word and design mark for “agricultural seeds” shown below:
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See U.S. Reg. No. 3,339,424 (hereinafter, “the X-Seed Mark”). The Board…
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