Declining to apply the doctrine of foreign equivalents to a given name, the Board dismissed an opposition to registration of the mark RICHARD MAGAZINE for online services in the fields ...
Rarely do product configuration trademark applications survive TTAB scrutiny. Two major hurdles to registration stand in the way: the absolute bar of Section 2(e)(5) functionality and the requirement of acquired ...
Once the dust settled after a number of procedural and evidentiary rulings, the Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the marks YOGOLÉ and YOGULÉ for yogurt-based beverages because Opposer ...
In view of Applicant OEP's own utility patent, the Board had no doubt in affirming a Section 2(e)(5) functionality refusal of the product configuration shown below, for umbrellas. Although Section ...
Here are three recent TTAB decisions in Section 2(d) appeals. I'm not giving any hints, so you're on your own, my friends. How do you think these appeals turned out? ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(5) refusal to register the product configuration shown below, for "yoga blocks," finding the proposed mark to be de jure functional and therefore unregistrable. Applicant's ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register, on the Supplemental Register, the phrase WORLD'S BEST DOWN for bedding containing down [DOWN disclaimed], finding that the phrase is "incapable of distinguishing ...
Although the PIERCE-ARROW automobile was last produced in 1938, the Board sustained this opposition to registration of the mark PIERCE-ARROW for automobiles, finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered collective ...
Another test for you. Abercrombie & Fitch opposed an application to register the mark RED DEAR & Design, shown below left, for various clothing items, claiming a likelihood of confusion with its ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark CANNONBALL CREEK BREWING COMPANY GOLDEN, COLORADO and Design, as shown below, for “beer” [BREWING COMPANY GOLDEN, COLORADO disclaimed], finding the mark likely to ...