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HOOVER CO. v. ROYAL APPLIANCE MG. CO.

No. 00-1219 (Opposition no. 96,834)

238 F.3d 1357 (2001)

The Hoover Company, Appellant, v. Royal Appliance Mg. Co., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

DECIDED January 31, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Weber, Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber, of Akron, Ohio, argued for appellant.

Jude A. Fry, Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & McKee, L.L.P., of Cleveland, Ohio, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were Patrick R. Roche, and Sandra M. Koenig.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

MAYER, Chief Judge.

The Hoover Company (Hoover) appeals the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Opposition No. 96,834 on Application No. 74/462,460 (December 17, 1999), dismissing Hoover's opposition of Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company's (Royal) registration of the mark "The First Name in Floorcare." We affirm.

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