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Knobbe Martens

Sunkist Squeezes Out a Win and Kisses Kist Goodbye!

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SUNKIST GROWERS, INC. v. INTRASTATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. - Before Prost, Taranto, and Stark.  Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The TTAB incorrectly found that similar trademarks created distinct commercial...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Federal Circuit Finds Sua Sponte is Not a Good Vintage

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Legal decisions, like fine wine, should be balanced. The Federal Circuit recently corked a non-precedential TTAB decision that ECHO D’ANGÉLUS was not confusingly similar to ECHO DE LYNCH BAGES, where both were used for wine,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Kissing cousins? SUNKIST and KIST deemed confusingly similar

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a Trademark Trial & Appeal Board decision, concluding that there was a likelihood of confusion between the marks KIST and SUNKIST when used in connection with soft...more

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