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IN RE WELLA A.G.

Appeal No. 85-2397.

787 F.2d 1549 (1986)

In re WELLA A.G.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Lilling, Lilling & Greenspan, White Plains, N.Y., argued, for appellant.

Helen R. Wendel, Trademark Examining Atty., U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Va., argued, for appellee. With her on brief were Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol. and Fred E. McKelvey, Deputy Sol.

Before FRIEDMAN, DAVIS and NIES, Circuit Judges.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board) refusing registration of a trademark of a foreign corporation, on the ground that the mark so resembles marks registered by an American subsidiary of the foreign corporation that confusion between the American subsidiary's marks and the mark sought to be registered is likely. The Board held that in these circumstances...

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