Legal Opinion
Sweats Fashions, Inc. v. Pannill Knitting Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 13, 1987No. 87-1229PublishedCited by 495 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Sweats Fashions, Inc. (Fashions), appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in Opposition No. 69,983 (May 9, 1986), which granted summary judgment in favor of Pannill Knitting Company, Inc., and dismissed the opposition. Fashions opposes the registration by Pannill of the mark ULTRA SWEATS (Serial No. 430,012) for sweatshirts and sweatpants (SWEATS disclaimed) alleging likelihood of confusion based on its prior use and registration of marks incorporating the word “sweats” and also fraud in Pannill’s…
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