R. Griffith Thomas, Editor-in-Chief of Allen’s Trademark Digest, has filed the following report regarding the recent TTAB oral hearing in In re QVC, Inc. During the 7th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark ...
V.F. Corporation opposed an application to register the design mark shown immediately below, for bumper stickers and various clothing items, claiming a likelihood of confusion with its registered mark VF, ...
In failure-to-function cases, the key question is how the alleged mark will be perceived by relevant consumers. To make this determination, the Board looks at the applicant's specimens of use ...
TTABlog Test: Is This Word+Design Mark for Whiskey Confusable with “OUTLAW” for Alcoholic Beverages?
The USPTO refused to register the word+design mark shown below, for "whiskey," finding it to be confusingly similar to the registered mark OUTLAW for "alcoholic beverages." The goods overlap, but ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark THERAFIT for "bed sheets," agreeing with Examining Attorney David I that applicant's specimen failed to show the mark in use in ...
In yet another ruling regarding the spoliation of evidence, the Board refused to consider certain of Petitioner Busy Beauty's Instagram photographs and data, finding that it had failed to preserve ...
Finding that Petitioner Optimal Chemical had perpetrated a fraud on the Board through fabricated evidence and untruthful testimony, the TTAB invoked its inherently authority to sanction Optimal by dismissing its ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark SCHIEDMAYER for "pianos, namely, upright pianos, grand pianos, and digital pianos," finding that the mark falsely suggests ...
ABA-IPL Section and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host the 7th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark Day on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. ...
The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and Foley Hoag LLP are hosting a trademark roundtable discussion in Boston on September 17th, from 11:45 AM -2:00 PM, at the Foley ...