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Test Your TTAB Judge-Ability: Is "EMIDIO TUCCI" Confusingly Similar to "EMILIO PUCCI" for Overlapping Goods?

One key point: the Board found EMILIO PUCCI to be a famous mark for clothing and accessories. Not surprisingly, the Board sustained a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark EMIDIO TUCCI in the two stylized forms shown below, for perfume, cosmetics, clothing, and leather goods, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the previously used and registered mark EMILIO PUCCI for apparel (mainly ladies'), leather goods, perfumes and lotions. Emilio Pucci Int. B.V. v. El Corte Ingles, S.A., Oppositions Nos. 91169638 and 91177724 (April 1, 2010) [not precedential].The Board spent a dozen pages of its 34 page opinion discussing various evidentiary objections, with the bottom line being the admission of the evidence but mostly with little weight being accorded to it...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).