The USPTO issued a Section 2(e)(1) refusal of the mark ARTIZEN, in standard character and stylized form, finding it to be merely descriptive of essential oils and related products. On ...
On remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Board again affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY & Design for "mortgage ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled one final hearing for the month of April 2020. For obvious reasons, the hearing will be held by video conference. Briefs and ...
The USPTO issued a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the proposed mark PERFORMANCE, finding it merely descriptive of "Energy bars; energy chews; energy gummy; effervescent tablets for making a dietary ...
Some ten years ago, a TTAB judge said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the ...
In a rare Section 2(d) refusal involving color marks, the Board reversed a refusal to register, on the Supplemental Register, the color green (below left) as applied to “Medical examination ...
The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark FETAL LIFE for fetal health signal monitors and related goods, finding the mark to be merely descriptive under Section 2(e)(1). Applicant argued that ...
Opposer Yarnell Ice Cream's Section 2(d) opposition melted away when the Board found this Applicant Outstanding Foods free of guilt in seeking to resister the mark FULL OF FLAVOR FREE ...
About ten years ago, a TTAB judge said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the ...
The TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from the four Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them, keeping in mind that the Board ...