Legal Opinion
In Re Joanne Slokevage
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 21, 2006No. 2005-1389PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Joanne Slokevage (“Slokevage”) appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) sustaining the refusal of the examiner to register her trade dress mark for clothing. In re Joanne Slokevage, Serial No. 75602873 (TTAB Nov. 10, 2004) (“Final Decision ”). Because the Board’s finding that Slokev-age’s trade dress was product design and thus could not be inherently distinctive, and that the trade dress was not unitary are supported by substantial evidence, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Slokevage filed an…
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