Legal Opinion
Squirtco v. Tomy Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 10, 1983No. 82-571PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) of the Patent and. Trademark Office dismissing appellant’s opposition 1 to application serial No. 179,259 for registration of the mark SQUIRT SQUAD for “floating water toys.” We reverse.
Background
The opposer in this case, SquirtCo, through its predecessors, has been engaged since approximately 1936 in the manufacture, advertising, and sale of soft drink products and has used the trademark SQUIRT on or in connection with its soft drinks continuously over the past 40 years. SquirtCo is the…
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