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TTAB Dismisses 2(d) Opposition: Marks Similar but Goods and Services, Trade Channels, and Purchasers Too Different

Despite the strength of General Cable's "Roleaux" mark (below right), and the similarity between that mark and National Rural's design mark (below left), the Board dismissed this Section 2(d) opposition. It found National Rural's services so different from General's goods and services, the channels of trade and classes of customers so different, and the potential purchasers so knowledgeable and careful, that confusion is not likely. General Cable Technologies Corporation v. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Opposition No. 91165554 (June 25, 2009) [not precedential].National Rural sought to register its mark for "promoting the interests of electric cooperatives by promulgating standards for uniform data formatting for facilitating the transfer of data between software applications...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).