The USPTO refused registration for the mark shown below left, finding it likely to cause confusion with the mark shown below right, both for restaurant services. On appeal, applicant argued ...
The previous email noting the possibility of a third party election has stimulated discussion: If George Romney were to run as a third party candidate in only several Rocky Mountain ...
Here we go again. Another product design mark failed to gain entry into the Hall of Registrations. The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(5) functionality refusal of the configuration mark shown ...
Pundits say that Mr. Trump holds all the cards in the Republican Party. They do not take into consideration the very viable opening for a third party “Mountain Time Zone” ...
Here's a real yawner. The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark BULLET for "Bicycle parts, components and accessories, namely, bicycle wheels, rims and spokes for bicycle wheels, hubs, ...
Medicines Co. Side Show: Yesterday, the full en banc Federal Circuit held its oral hearing in Medicines Co. v. Hospira to consider one of the many inequitable fact patterns that arise ...
Bob Frank was a New York patent attorney who had worked for GTE until 1971 when he moved to the Washington, D.C., area to join Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher. ...
The Government has now filed an amicus curiae brief in strong support of the position that the Leahy Smith America Invents Act overruled Metallizing Engineering. Like the amicus effort of ...
Applicant S9 Sports whiffed in its attempt to register the mark HIGH SCHOOL WORLD SERIES for, inter alia, "promoting sports competitions and/or events of others; promoting the goods and services ...
On April 29, 2016, the USPTO filed a motion (here) to voluntarily dismiss its appeal from the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in ...