YAMAHA INTERN. CORP. v. HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.

No. 87-1128.

840 F.2d 1572 (1988)

YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD., assignee of Hoshino Gakki Ten Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Hornbaker, Freilich, Hornbaker, Rosen & Fernandez, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Charles L. Gholz, Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier, P.C., Arlington, Va., for appellee.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.


BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Yamaha International Corporation (Yamaha) appeals from a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB or board) in Yamaha International Corp. v. Hoshino Gakki Co., 231 USPQ 926 (TTAB 1986), dismissing Opposition Nos. 70,401 and 70,402 filed by Yamaha. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Applicant-appellee Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. (Hoshino), makes guitars in connection...

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