LEVI
Case Summary
Levi Strauss & company (“Levi”) owns multiple federally registered trademarks for the “Arcuate” stitching design used on the back pockets of its jeans, having used the bow-shaped pattern as a source identifier since 1873. In 2005, Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. (“Abercrombie”) applied to register a “mirror image stitching design” on the Principal Register for jackets and on the Supplemental Register for jeans, skirts, and pants. Levi opposed Abercrombie’s application for registration on the Principal Register and petitioned to cancel Abercrombie’s registration on the Supplemental Register, arguing the design was likely to cause confusion and to dilute Levi’s mark. Levi then sued Abercrombie in the Northern District of California, alleging that jeans with the “mirror image stitching design,” specifically, Abercrombie’s “Ruehl” line of jeans, in fringed and diluted its trademarked pattern. The PTO stayed the opposition and cancellation proceedings pending resolution of the district court litigation.
LEVICase SummaryLevi Strauss & company (“Levi”) owns multiple federally registered trademarks for the “Arcuate” stitching design used on the back pockets of its jeans, having used the bow-shaped pattern as a source identifier since 1873. In 2005, Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. (“Abercrombie”) applied to register a “mirror image stitching design” on the Principal Register for jackets and on the Supplemental Register for jeans, skirts, and pants. Levi opposed Abercrombie’s application for registration on the Principal Register and petitioned to cancel Abercrombie’s registration on the Supplemental Register, arguing the design was likely to cause confusion and to dilute Levi’s mark. Levi then sued Abercrombie in the Northern District of California, alleging that jeans with the “mirror image stitching design,” specifically, Abercrombie’s “Ruehl” line of jeans, in fringed and diluted its trademarked pattern. The PTO stayed the opposition and cancellation proceedings pending resolution of the district court litigation.
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