Legal Opinion
Lyons v. American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 8, 2017No. 2016-2055PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Sheila Lyons, DVM (“Lyons”) appeals from a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“the PTO”) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) can-celling her registration of the service mark THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SPORTS MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION (“the mark”) on the Supplemental Register on the ground that she does not own the mark. See Am. Coll. of Veterinary Sports Med. & Rehab. v. Lyons, 2016 WL 1380739, at *19 (T.T.A.B. Mar. 17, 2016) (“Decision”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Background
Lyons is an equine veterinarian. In 1999, Lyons met…
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