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· 10/20/1999

In Re Hiromichi Wada

Citations

  • 194 F.3d 1297
  • 52 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1539
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 26525
  • 1999 WL 959620

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming Board’s finding that in the mark NEW YORK WAYS GALLERY “the addition of the words WAYS GALLERY to NEW YORK did not detract from the primary geographic significance of the mark”
  • the primary geographic significance of NEW YORK is not lost by the addition of the words WAYS GALLERY
  • “Disclaimer of generic terms in composite marks allows marks contain- ing generic terms to be registered as a whole while pre- venting any exclusive rights in the generic terms themselves.”

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Judges: Plager, Schall, Gajarsa

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