Decisions · Opposition No. 91206045
Kristin Marie Conolty d/b/a Fairway Fox Golf v. Conolty O'Connor NYC LLC
Opposition No. 91206045 · Decided 2014-07-03 · Opposition
What happened
Opposition sustained — the FAIRWAY FOX application was void from the start because the golf-clothing brand was jointly developed and owned by both former business partners, so the company controlled by just one of them could not claim to be the mark’s sole owner.
The marks
Applicant
FAIRWAY FOX
Golf and tennis clothing, namely, skirts, shorts, skorts, dresses, pants, shoes, hats, shirts, sweaters, vests, socks, visors, t shirts, and jackets
Why this decision is significant
Precedential opposition holding an application void ab initio under Section 1(a) where the mark was jointly owned by an informal partnership: the LLC controlled by one former partner was not the sole owner of FAIRWAY FOX — the go-to citation for ownership disputes between former collaborators.
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