Case: Trademarks/Likelihood of Confusion (Fed. Cir.)

The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissing Fuente Marketing Ltd.'s opposition to Vaporous Technologies LLC’s application for a mark for oral vaporizers, consisting of an abstract stick figure consisting of two diagonal intersecting lines in the shape of a wide stylized letter “X” and a shaded circle above the letter “X”. The court affirmed the board’s dismissal of Fuente’s opposition on the ground that there was no likelihood of confusion between Vaporous’s applied-for mark and Fuente’s registered “X” mark for cigars, ashtrays not of precious metal, cigar cutters, and lighters not of precious ...