TORRES v. CANTINE TORRESELLA S.r.l.

Appeal No. 86-1265.

808 F.2d 46 (1986)

Miguel TORRES, Appellant, v. CANTINE TORRESELLA S.r.l., Assignee of S. Margherita S.p.A., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Donaghy, Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, MacPeak & Seas, Washington, D.C., argued, for appellant. With him on brief was Robert G. McMorrow, P.C.

G. Franklin Rothwell, Bernard, Rothwell & Brown, P.C., Washington, D.C., argued, for appellee. With him on brief was Raymond A. Kurz.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and BISSELL, Circuit Judge.


BISSELL, Circuit Judge.

Miguel Torres appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board), No. 13,724 (May 24, 1986), granting summary judgment cancelling Torres' registration No. 641,512. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On February 12, 1957, Torres obtained registration No. 641,512 for the trademark "Las Torres" below a design depicting three castle-like towers. The trademark was registered for...

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