Legal Opinion
In Re Chippendales Usa, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 1, 2010No. 2009-1370PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Chippendales USA, Inc. (“Chippendales”), appeals a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”). The Board affirmed the examining attorney’s refusal to register the “Cuffs & Collar Mark” as inherently distinctive. We affirm.
Background
The applicant, Chippendales, is in the business of providing adult entertainment services for women. It opened its first strip club in Los Angeles in 1978. In 1979, Chippendales performers began wearing an abbreviated tuxedo — wrist cuffs and a bowtie collar without a shirt — as part of their act. This costume,…
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