IMPERIAL TOBACCO LTD. v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 89-1444.

899 F.2d 1575 (1990)

IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED, ASSIGNEE OF IMPERIAL GROUP PLC, Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brewster Taylor, of Larson and Taylor, Arlington, Va., argued for appellant. With him on the brief was Andrew E. Taylor.

Anthony L. Fletcher, of Hunton & Williams, New York City, argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Christopher J. Mugel, of Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va.

Before NIES, BISSELL, and ARCHER, Circuit Judges.


NIES, Circuit Judge.

Imperial Tobacco Limited appeals from the final decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in Cancellation No. 16,024, granting the petition of Philip Morris, Incorporated, for cancellation of Imperial's Registration No. 1,160,229 on a motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

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Imperial Tobacco Limited, a United Kingdom corporation, owns Registration No. 1,160,229 issued...

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