Following an oral hearing on December 12, 2019, the Board denied a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark SHUSTOV & Design (shown below) for various alcoholic beverages. Although ...
Applicant IGT's appellate gamble didn't pay off, as the Board affirmed nine (IX) failure-to-function refusals of certain geometric shapes as trademarks for gaming machines. The shapes appear on the displays ...
In this long-running dispute between Kate Spade LLC and its founders, the Board sustained oppositions to registration of PATIO BY THE SPADES for clothing and handbags, and THE SPADES for perfume, finding a ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark HARDROK EQUIPMENT INC. for “distributorship services in the field of industrial machinery and parts therefor in the mineral and ...
In a 50-page opinion, the Board sustained a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark SHARED SPACE in the word+design form shown first below, finding it likely to cause confusion ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark M, in standard character form, for “mattresses, namely crib mattresses, mattress foundations and mattress toppers," finding confusion likely with ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled six (VI) oral hearings for the month of January 2020. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register APPLE SUGAR, finding the proposed mark to be merely descriptive of "natural sweetener, sugar substitutes, and flavored sweetener including fruit skins ...
The Board reverses about 1 in 10 Section 2(d) refusals, or on the average about two per month. Here is the last reversal of the year 2019. The Board overturned ...
The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit reversed (in part) a district court's dismissal of a civil action for unfair competition, trademark dilution, and trademark infringement involving Defendant ...