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B&B HARDWARE, INC. v. HARGIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 

Opinion of the Court 

unchallenged  TTAB  decisions  be  different?    Congress’ 
creation  of  this  elaborate  registration  scheme,  with  so
many important rights attached and backed up by plenary 
review, confirms that registration decisions can be weighty 
enough to ground issue preclusion. 

V 
For these reasons, the Eighth Circuit erred in this case.
On remand, the court should apply the following rule:  So 
long as the other ordinary elements of issue preclusion are
met, when the usages adjudicated by the TTAB are mate-
rially  the  same  as  those  before  the  district  court,  issue 
preclusion should apply. 

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for 
the  Eighth  Circuit  is  reversed,  and  the  case  is  remanded
for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 

It is so ordered.