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CAFC Hears Oral Argument in Bose Fraud Appeal

Oral argument (slow-loading .mp3 here) was held before the CAFC yesterday, May 6th, in Bose Corp. v. Hexawave, Inc., Appeal No. 2008-1448. The TTAB, in Bose Corp. v. Hexawave, Inc., 88 USPQ2d 1332 (TTAB 2007) [not precedential], found that Bose had committed fraud in its 2001 renewal of a registration for the mark WAVE for, inter alia, audio tape recorders and players. [TTABlogged here and here].Bose acknowledged that it stopped manufacturing and selling audio tape recorders and players in 1996-97. Nonetheless, it did not delete those goods from the WAVE registration when filing for renewal. Bose contended that the renewal was proper "because owners of audio tape recorders and players continue to send their previously purchased goods to opposer for repair services and upon completion of the repair services opposer 'transports' them back to the owner...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).