Legal Opinion
Meril Rivard v. Mark Linville
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 8, 1998No. 97-1191, 97-1192, 97-1193PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Chief Judge.
Meril Rivard appeals the decision of the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Cancellation No. 19,874, which granted the petition to cancel U.S. Registration No. 1,407,173 pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1064(3) (1994). Linville v. Rivard, 41 USPQ2d 1731, 1996 WL 795315 (TTAB 1996). Because we see no error in the board’s determination that Rivard abandoned the mark without an intention to commence use in the United States, we affirm.
Background
In January 1986, Rivard filed trademark registration application Serial No. 575,926 in the United States Patent and Trademark…
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