The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled six (VI) oral hearings for the month of November 2020. The hearings will be held via video. Briefs and other papers ...
Here is a link to Ted Davis's 2020 "Annual Review of U.S. Federal Case Law and TTAB Developments." Thank you, Ted, for permitting me to post this link. As a ...
The CAFC affirmed the TTAB's decision in SFM, LLC v. Corcamore, LLC, 129 USPQ2d 1072 (TTAB 2018) [TTABlogged here], upholding the Board's entry of judgment as a sanction against Corcamore, LLC due ...
The Board sustained this opposition to registration of GS GEMS STYLE HAIR BOTOX for various non-medicated hair care products [STYLE HAIR BOTOX disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the famous mark BOTOX for pharmaceutical preparations, ...
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 a soporific but precedential decision, the Board affirmed two of three refusals of the proposed mark THERMAL MATRIX for a "Heat responsive and malleable liner that is an integral component ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(2) refusal to register the marks WA529, in standard character and design form (below), for "Pre-paid educational financial services, namely, allowing purchasers to make advance payments ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark CITRUS CLUB for "cocktail lounge services" [CLUB disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark CITRUS KITCHEN, in standard character and design form, for "restaurant ...
The TTAB recently ruled on 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 the Board affirms, ...
In a case decided under the ACR regime, the Board sustained Lucasfilm's opposition to registration of MILLENNIAL FALCON for live entertainment and production services, finding confusion likely with the mark MILLENNIUM FALCON, registered ...