SPECIALTY BRANDS v. COFFEE BEAN DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Appeal No. 84-828.

748 F.2d 669 (1984)

SPECIALTY BRANDS, INC., Appellant, v. COFFEE BEAN DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica C. Devitt, Limbach, Limbach & Sutton, San Francisco, Cal., argued for appellant.

John M. McCormack, Kolisch, Hartwell, Dickinson & Anderson, Portland, Or., argued for appellee; William T. Bullinger, Cushman, Darby & Cushman, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a question of likelihood of confusion under § 2(d) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d). The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Board) dismissed Opposition No. 65,515 to the registration of the word mark SPICE VALLEY for teas, Application Serial No. 258,167 of appellee Coffee Bean Distributors, Inc. The opposition was brought...

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