[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The USPTO refused registration of the marks SMARTLINK (in standard characters) and SMARTLINK SYSTEMS (in the ...
Here's the scoop: In a 49-page opinion, the Board affirmed a trifusal (TM) of the mark SCOOP for “frozen confections and ice cream promoted and distributed by a mascot named SCOOP at ...
In an eight-page opinion, the CAFC upheld the Board's decision (here) affirming a Section 2(d) refusal to register the word+design mark shown below for various clothing items, finding it likely ...
In a nonprecedential ruling, the CAFC has affirmed the Board's decision [TTABlogged here] finding Louis Vuitton Malletier's mark APOGÉE for perfume confusable with the registered mark APHOGEEfor hair care preparations. ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The Board affirmed a refusal to register the phrase QUESTION OF THE DAY, ...
The Trademark Law and Practice Committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) will host a half-day program entitled "Hot Topics in IP Law" on Thursday, July 18th, ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of HOLLYWOOD HOTEL for hotel and bar services, finding that the applicant was not the owner of the mark at the time it ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark MAIN LINE REFRESH(standard characters) for “Medical consultations; Medical services; Cosmetic and plastic surgery” [MAIN LINE disclaimed], finding it likely to cause confusion with ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The Board reversed a Section 2(e)(5) refusal to register the package configuration mark ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark THE CARDIO GROUP & Design for "retail store services featuring medical devices," finding that applicant's specimens of use were unacceptable because ...