The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit reversed (in part) a district court's dismissal of a civil action for unfair competition, trademark dilution, and trademark infringement involving Defendant ...
The Board granted in part this petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark POLO GIRLS for "Organizing and conducting polo sporting events for the purpose of fundraising; Entertainment in ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register ECHO 911 for “Computer software used to manage, store, and deliver enhanced emergency telecommunications information in the nature of E911 and 911 ...
Is there a Doctor of Equivalents in the house? The USPTO refused registration of the mark ELECTRIC JELLYFISH, finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark AGUAMALA, both marks in ...
Ruling that statements made in patent filings by a trademark applicant (and by third parties) are probative evidence as to the descriptiveness of a term, the Board affirmed a Section ...
A (current) TTAB Administrative Trademark Judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the ...
A divided TTAB panel affirmed a Section 2(e)(1) refusal of the mark 19 CRIMES, finding it merely descriptive of video and audio works and production, distribution, and rental of recorded ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark USER FIRST for "Computer software, namely, software development tools for the creation of mobile internet applications and client interfaces," agreeing with Examining ...
In a 53-page opinion that deserves a close reading, the Board sustained an opposition to the word + design mark shown below, for bearings and structural parts for vehicles, finding ...
Here's a holiday present for all of us: the November–December, 2019 (Vol. 109 No. 6) issue of The Trademark Reporter (TMR). Kudos to Editor-in-Chief Willard Knox for assembling this impressive collection ...