LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LITRONIX, INC.

Appeal No. 77-603.

577 F.2d 709 (1978)

LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. LITRONIX, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

June 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Michael Carpenter, Beverly Hills, attorney of record, for appellant.

Henry C. Bunsow, Stephen S. Townsend, San Francisco, Cal. (Townsend & Townsend, San Francisco, Cal.), attorneys of record, for appellee.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH, BALDWIN, LANE, and MILLER, Associate Judges.


MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("board"), 193 USPQ 238 (1976), granting summary judgment to applicant-appellee Litronix, Inc. ("Litronix") and dismissing the opposition by opposer-appellant Litton Industries, Inc. ("Litton"). In reaching its decision, the board applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel on the basis of previous litigation between the parties.

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