Legal Opinion
In Re Bose Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 8, 2007No. 2006-1173PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Bose Corporation (“Bose”) appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) denying registration of a proposed speaker design as a trademark. In re Bose Corp., Serial No. 74734496, 2005 WL 1787217 (T.T.A.B. July 12, 2005). Because the Board correctly determined that the appeal was barred by the doctrine of res judicata, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Bose filed an application to register the following design as a trademark for “loudspeaker systems” on September 26, 1995:
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