In Re Chatam International Incorporated

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• finding JOSE GASPAR GOLD “nearly identical” to GASPAR ALE once the 19 See the excerpt from the Encarta® World English Dictionary (North American Edition 2009
• finding descriptive term “offering little to alter the commercial impression of the mark”
• finding descriptive term “offering little to alter the commercial impression of the mark”
• finding a close relationship weighing in favor of likelihood of confusion with respect to beer and tequila because they were sold through many of the same channels of trade to many of the same consumers
• finding likelihood of confusion be- tween “JOSE GASPAR GOLD” and “GASPAR’S ALE” be- cause “GASPAR” and “GASPAR’S” were the dominant features of the two marks and the commercial impression of the additional words were discounted
• the word GOLD in mark JOSE GASPAR’S GOLD for tequila “describes...a quality of the good commensurate with great value or merit”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).