The Board issued a 98-page opinion in this consolidated opposition and cancellation proceeding, commenced in 2003, involving Defendant's marks 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, and 2.0, in standard character and/or design forms, ...
Professor J. Thomas McCarthy has been a consistent critic of the TTAB's analysis in dilution cases, particularly the Board's failure to properly consider the issue of "impairment" or "damage" arising ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark CARUSO HOTELS AND RESORTS for "hotel and resort services" [HOTELS AND RESORTS disclaimed], finding the mark to be primarily merely a surname under ...
In the SEXSTROLOGY case that I blogged yesterday, the TTAB had this to say (at page 14) about the Supplemental Register: 1. According to the Board, Section 23 of the ...
The New York Intellectual Property Association will host a seminar entitled "Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law" on Wednesday July 20, 2016, from noon to 5 PM, at the Princeton ...
The Board dismissed this Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark SEXY ASTROLOGY for “astrology consultation” because Opposer Terry Nazon failed to prove proprietary rights in her mark SEXSTROLOGY, ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register a motion mark "depicting the product configuration of a hand tool in which six rectangular-shaped jaw-like elements of the circular head of a ...
In a rare "color mark" decision, the Board reversed a refusal to register a mark comprising the color "white" for "preformed gunpowder charges for muzzleloading firearms," finding that Applicant Hodgdon ...
Uinta Brewing Company applied to register the mark DUO for beer, but the USPTO refused registration under Section 2(d) on the ground of likely confusion with the identical, registered mark ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three (3) oral hearings for the month of July. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison Building, ...