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 ...
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld an en banc decision of the CAFC, ruling that the USPTO is not entitled to recover its attorney's fees in an appeal from an ...
A TTAB 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 marks and the ...
In yet another failure-to-function case, the Board affirmed a refusal to register INTELLIGENCE OF THINGS as a service mark for supply chain management services, custom manufacture of electronics, and engineering services. ...