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By Ronald D. Coleman, Esq.

A classic explanation, via the case method, of trademark law’s doctrine of foreign equivalents: Affirming a Section 2(d) refusal, the Board found Applicant’s mark AMMIRAGLIA for “wines, sparkling wines, liqueurs,” likely to cause confusion with the registered mark FLAGSHIP for vodka. The Board concluded that AMMIRAGLIA means flagship in Italian, and it found no evidence that [...]

Full post as published by Likelihood of Confusion on August 21, 2008 (boomark / email).