Each of the parties to this Section 2(d) cancellation proceeding filed a motion for summary judgment. Respondent stipulated to petitioner's priority, as well as to all of the essential DuPont ...
The Board affirmed the USPTO's refusal to register the mark EVERLAST & Design for "wet well mounted pumping stations; wastewater pumping stations; sewage pumping stations" on two grounds: res judicata, ...
The Board dismissed Kate Spade LLC's opposition to registration of the mark WOLV & Design (shown below left) for watches, finding the mark to be too dissimilar to the KATE ...
The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA) is proud to announce that it is seeking applicants for the 2022 Diversity Fellowship. LAIPLA created the Diversity Fellowship to increase the ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark WEGE for beer on the ground that "none of the specimens show use of the mark ... to indicate the source ...
The USPTO's 2021 Performance and Accountability Report is chock full of information and data regarding USPTO operations. (pdf here). The report is slightly more than 250 pages long, so I will hit a ...
On January 18, 2022, the CAFC denied Appellant Brooklyn Brewery's petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in the recent Brooklyn Brewery case. [CAFC opinion here; denial of rehearing here], in which the court held ...
In a somewhat muddled decision, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark HAVE SOME DECENCY for various charitable fund raising services on the ground that the mark was ...
P.C. Richard & Son opposed an application to register SAMSUNG WIZ for "smartphones; tablet computer[s]," alleging a likelihood of confusion with its registered marks THE WIZ and NOBODY BEATS THE WIZ for retail store services featuring ...
Alyssa Carson and Abigail Harrison both desire to be the first human being to set foot on Mars, which led to their clash over the term "Mars Generation." Ms. Harrison ...