Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-17 14:00:57.350331+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:23.306957
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Case: 23-1624   Document: 27     Page: 1   Filed: 08/17/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                 ______________________

       MARIN PARTNERS, dba marin partners,
                  Appellant

                            v.

 HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERIES, INC., dba The Wine
                  Group,
                  Appellee

  KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Com-
 merce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
    United States Patent and Trademark Office,
                      Intervenor
                ______________________

                       2023-1624
                 ______________________

     Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
 Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in No.
 92077885.
                  ______________________

                     ON MOTION
                 ______________________

     Before CHEN, MAYER, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                       ORDER
Case: 23-1624    Document: 27     Page: 2      Filed: 08/17/2023

 2          MARIN PARTNERS v. HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERIES, INC.

     The Director of the United States Patent and Trade-
 mark Office (PTO) moves for leave to intervene in this ap-
 peal and to remand to permit further proceedings before
 the PTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Marin Part-
 ners opposes those requests. The Director replies.
      Remand “is usually appropriate” to allow an agency to
 reconsider its previous position. SKF USA Inc. v. United
 States, 254 F.3d 1022, 1029 (Fed. Cir. 2001). We agree that
 remand is appropriate under the circumstances here,
 which may facilitate this court’s review and preserve judi-
 cial resources.
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
     (1) The Director’s motion is granted. The revised offi-
 cial caption is reflected in this order, and the case is re-
 manded to the Board for further proceedings consistent
 with the motion and this order.
     (2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
                                       FOR THE COURT

  August 17, 2023                       /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
      Date                              Jarrett B. Perlow
                                        Clerk of Court