Ray Niro had already been a highly successful patent litigator in the last century. From a controversy with Intel reported in the press in 2001, he became known worldwide as a ...
Last Friday, the Board decided three Section 2(d) appeals, reversing one of the refusals. Some say that 95% of the time, one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) ...
The Board affirmed alternative refusals of the mark É, in the form shown below, for "dietary and nutritional supplements," finding it to be deceptive under Section 2(a), or alternatively, deceptively ...
The Board dismissed two oppositions brought under Section 2(e)(4) and claiming that the mark SCHLAFLYfor beer is primarily merely a surname. The Board did not rule on the Section 2(e)(4) ...
Those of us in the trademark trenches, involved in various day-to-day skirmishes for our clients, seldom have time to step back and consider the Big Picture. Professor Rebecca Tushnet not ...
The Supreme Court has scheduled votes for September 26, 2016, to decide whether to grant certiorari in MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Co., Supreme Court No. 15-1330m and Cooper v. ...
The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA) once again celebrated its most successful year in its 80+ year history. In 2015-2016 we expanded our key relationships with our Member ...
Yesterday's G-STRING case was not precedential. Apparently the Board originally mis-marked it, but changed the marking to "not precedential."
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three (III) oral hearings for the month of August. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison Building, ...
The USPTO refused to register the term SKINNIBELT for "belts," deeming it generic for the goods. The Examining Attorney maintained that "skinny belt" is the generic name of a category ...