Legal Opinion
Hollister Inc. v. Downey
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 1, 1977No. Appeal No. 77-595PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) dismissing an opposition to the registration of LINE O SIGHT, application serial No. 448,893. We reverse and remand.
Background
Hollister, Inc. (Hollister) opposed Dow-ney’s effort to register LINE O SIGHT on grounds of confusing similarity with Hollis-ter’s previously used and registered trademark LINE-O-VISION. Hollister pleaded its registration Nos. 775,932 and 992,004, and attached to its notice of opposition a copy of its order for “status copies” of its registrations, to be prepared by the Patent…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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