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These are cites from a TTAB brief on an opposition objecting to introduction of foreign confusion evidence. I did not write the brief and have not read the cases, but they may be helpful</div>
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<i>Double J of Broward Inc. v. Skalony Sportswear GmbH, 21 USPQ2d 1609, 1612-13 (TTAB 1991); Johnson & Johnson v. Salve S.A., 183 USPQ 375, 376 (TTAB 1974) (foreign use of mark creates no rights in mark in U.S.). See also Oland’s Breweries [1971] Ltd. v. Miller
Brewing Co., 189 USPQ 481, 489 n.2 (TTAB 1975) (use or promotion of a mark confined</i></div>
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<i>to a foreign country, including Canada, is immaterial to ownership and registration in U.S.), aff’d, Miller Brewing Co. v. Oland’s Breweries, 548 F.2d 349, 192 USPQ 266 (CCPA 1976). Concerning possible exceptions, see Article 6bis of the Paris Convention;
Person’s Co. v. Christman, 900 F.2d 1565, 14 USPQ2d 1477, 1480 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (knowledge of foreign use, in itself, does not preclude good faith adoption and use in U.S.); Double J of Broward Inc. v. Skalony Sportswear GmbH, 21 USPQ2d 1609, 1612- 13 (TTAB
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I’m hoping someone has suggestions for challenging an Examiner’s reliance on third-party websites to demonstrate relatedness when the websites in question are for non-U.S. entities. It seems to me that without a showing that these entities
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