Federal Circuit:  Confusion Analysis By Trademark Board Not Erroneous

Mealey's (April 16, 2020, 12:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an April 14 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that denied a registration for “Stratus” on grounds of likely confusion with an existing “Strata” trademark (Stratus Networks Inc. v. UBTA-UBET Communications Inc., No. 19-1351, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 11701)....