Today is Marathon Monday, at least in New England. Remember the recent TTAB case involving the mark MARATHON MONDAY? Here is a link to a recent article about that case, ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(5) refusal to register the product configuration shown below as a trademark for "electric popcorn poppers," finding the design to be de jure functional. The ...
Is Top Ten No. (7) SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods.,LLC, S.Ct. No. 15-927, on the road to Supreme Court merits review? SCA Hygiene is scheduled for Conference ...
Earlier this morning in “Limelight II”, Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc., S. Ct. No. 15-993, opinion below, Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., 805 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2015)(Linn, J.), ...
The USPTO is seeking applications for the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the TTAB. Applications must be submitted by April 29, 2016. The detailed announcement may be found here. ...
New Top Ten No. (9a), Cooper v. Lee, Supreme Court No. 15-955, presents a serious Constitutional direct or implicit challenge to the several post-grant review procedures at the Patent Office, ...
In Top Ten No. (9) MCM Portfolio v. Hewlett-Packard, opinion below, MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Co., __ F.3d __(Fed. Cir. Dec. 2, 2015)(Dyk, J.), patentee questions whether Inter Partes ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(a) refusal of the mark COPPER-TEN, finding it to be deceptive for "prepainted coated sheet steel, namely, coated sheet steel painted to simulate naturally weathered ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(5) refusal of the product configuration mark shown below, finding the mark to be de jure functional for "“gun parts, namely, bottom metal for custom ...
Further to yesterday's email, Examiner data of the type made available by Justin Roettger is also available to the PTO leadership. According to a highly reliable source, the Office has ...