Legal Opinion
Ez Loader Boat Trailers, Inc. v. Cox Trailers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 4, 1983No. Appeal 83-539; Opposition 62442PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the Board) (213 USPQ 597 (1982)), denying an opposition to registration of “SUPER LOADER” as a trademark for boat trailers that were distributed in the same market as the boat trailers of the appellant bearing somewhat similar marks. The Board held that there was no likelihood of confusion. We affirm.
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The appellant and the appellee manufacture and sell boat trailers. These are vehicles upon which a pleasure boat is loaded and then towed by automobile or truck to and…
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- Specialty Brands, Inc. v. Coffee Bean Distributors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- Ez Loader Boat Trailers, Inc. v. Cox Trailers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Bell Laboratories, Inc. v. Colonial Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1986
- EZ Loader Boat Trailers, Inc. v. Cox Trailers, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- Daniel J. Quirk, Inc. v. Village Car Company, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board2016
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