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 ...
The Board granted in part this petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark POLO GIRLS for "Organizing and conducting polo sporting events for the purpose of fundraising; Entertainment in ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register ECHO 911 for “Computer software used to manage, store, and deliver enhanced emergency telecommunications information in the nature of E911 and 911 ...
Is there a Doctor of Equivalents in the house? The USPTO refused registration of the mark ELECTRIC JELLYFISH, finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark AGUAMALA, both marks in ...
Ruling that statements made in patent filings by a trademark applicant (and by third parties) are probative evidence as to the descriptiveness of a term, the Board affirmed a Section ...
A (current) TTAB Administrative Trademark Judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the ...
A divided TTAB panel affirmed a Section 2(e)(1) refusal of the mark 19 CRIMES, finding it merely descriptive of video and audio works and production, distribution, and rental of recorded ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark USER FIRST for "Computer software, namely, software development tools for the creation of mobile internet applications and client interfaces," agreeing with Examining ...
In a 53-page opinion that deserves a close reading, the Board sustained an opposition to the word + design mark shown below, for bearings and structural parts for vehicles, finding ...