No Re-Do to Save Piano Trademark in Arthrex-Based TTAB Challenge

A piano company won’t get a second chance before the Federal Circuit to revive its canceled “Schiedmayer” trademark registration.

Sweet 16 Musical Properties Inc. failed to demonstrate error in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmation of the registration’s cancellation, the panel said as it denied a rehearing.

German company Schiedmayer Celesta GmbH convinced the court that Sweet 16’s mark created a false association with a family famous in the music instrument industry.

Denial of rehearing is common, but an accompanying opinion is less so. In the opinion the panel briefly recited Sweet 16’s arguments and its ...