General Time Corporation v. Dunbar Furniture Corporation of Indiana

BALDWIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sustaining an opposition by Dunbar Furniture Corporation to General Time Corporation’s application 1 to register the trademark DUNBAR, for goods described as “clocks,” asserting use since January, 1946. Appellee, Dunbar Furniture Corporation, opposed on the ground of likelihood of confusion, based upon its company name and its registered trademark DUNBAR, both used since approximately 1922, for furniture.

Opposer has continuously used the surname DUNBAR as a trademark in connection with the nationwide…