# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls For the Eig hth Circu it

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ B & B Har dwa re, In c., a Cal ifo rn ia Co rp or at io n
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v. Harg is Indus tri es , Inc ., a Texa s C or po rat io n, d oi ng bu si ne ss as S eal ti te Bu il di ng Fas te ne rs , do in g b us in es s as East Texa s Fa st en ers ; Eas t Tex as Fas te ne rs , a bu si ne ss en ti ty of fo rm

un kn own ; J oh n Do es , 1 t hr ou gh 10 , in cl us iv e
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v. Harg is Indus tri es , Inc ., a Texa s C or po rat io n, d oi ng bu si ne ss as S eal ti te Bu il di ng Fas te ne rs , do in g b us in es s as East Texa s Fa st en ers ; Eas t Tex as Fas te ne rs , a bu si ne ss en ti ty of fo rm

un kn own ; J oh n Do es , 1 t hr ou gh 10 , in cl us iv e
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__ __ __ __ __ __App eal s fr om Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Eas te rn Dis tri ctof Ark an sa s - Li tt le Ro ck

__ __ __ __ __ __ Subm it te d: Ju ne 3, 2 01 5 Fil ed : Au gu st 25 , 20 15

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re LOKEN, COLLO TON, andSHEPHERD, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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Thi s m at te r is on rem an d f r o m th e Uni te d St at es Supr em e Co ur t, se e B & B Hard ware, In c. v. Harg is In du s., In c., 13 5 S. Ct

. 12 93 (2 01 5)

. The Co urt ha s di rect ed

us to ap pl y th is ru le : “ So lo ng as th e ot he r or di na ry el em en ts of is su e pr ecl us io n are
m et , whe n th e us ag es ad jud ic at ed by th e TTAB are m at eri al ly th e sa m e as th os e be fo re t he di st ric t co ur t, i ss ue pre cl us io n s ho ul d app ly.” Id. at13 10

.

W e di rect ed th e pa rti es to su bm it su pp le m en ta l br ie fin g. Hav in g rev ie wed th e br ie fin g, we no w de te rm in e th at th e or di na ry el em en ts of is su e pr ecl us io n ha ve be en
m et an d th e us ag es of th e m ark s ad jud ic at ed be fo re th e TTAB w e r e m at eri al ly th e
sa m e as th e us ag es be fo re th e di st ric t co ur t. As no te d in o u r p r i o r op in io ns , th e TTAB co m

pa red th e m ark s in qu es ti on in th e m ark et pl ace co nt ex t whe n it de te rm in ed th e li ke li ho od of co nf

us io n is su e fo r pu rp os es of tra de m ark reg is tra ti on

. See B & B Hard ware, In c. v. Harg is In du s., In c., 71 6 F.3 d 10 20 , 10 25 (8 th Ci r. 20 13 ); id

. at 10 29 (Co ll ot on , J., di ss en ti ng ).

Acco rd in gl y , we va cat e th e di st ric t co ur t’s jud gm en t an d rem an d th is m at ter fo r fu rth er pr oc eed in gs , in cl ud in g wha t rem ed ie s m ay be award ed fo r in fri ng em en t. See Mas te rs v. UHS o f D e l

. , I n c

. , 63 1 F.3 d 46 4, 47 1 n.2 (8 th Ci r. 20 11 ); Mi nn

. Pet Bree de rs , In c. v. Sch el l & Kam pe te r, In c., 41 F.3 d 12 42 , 12 46 -4 7 (8 th Ci r. 19 94 ). On

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-rem an d , t h e d i s t ric t co ur t is di rect ed to gi ve pr ecl us iv e effe ct to th e de ci si on of th e

TTAB on li ke li ho od of co nf us io n. The di st ric t co ur t’s award of at to rn ey ’s fees is al so
rev ers edan d re m an de d fo r fu rth er co ns id erat io n.

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