The Board reversed a Section 2(a) refusal to register the mark GIPA for various intellectual property related services, finding that the USPTO failed to establish a false suggestion of a ...
The Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the mark BLUE IVY CARTER for a variety of goods and services in 14 classes (including musical performers (sic!), golf balls, plastic flags, ...
The Board made quick work (an opinion of a mere 11 pages) of this opposition to registration of the mark TEQUILUSA for “alcoholic beverages, except beer," finding a likelihood of confusion ...
The TTAB recently decided the appeals from three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them, keeping in mind that last year the Board ...
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 ...
The latest issue of The Trademark Reporter (pdf here) includes a Commentary by Sarah Butler and Healey Whitsett entitled, "A Tale of Two Cups: Acquired Distinctiveness and Survey Evidence Before the TTAB." ...
The Board again rejected a constitutional challenge to Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act, while affirming a refusal of TRUMP TOO SMALL for shirts, finding that the mark "comprises the name of ...