[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] Examining Attorney Alison Keeley refused registration of the mark PRINCE KONG (in standard ...
The Board affirmed the USPTO's refusal to register the term UNLIMITED CARRYOVERfor telecommunication services, finding that the phrase, as used on applicant's specimen of use (shown right), failed to function ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] Last week, the Board affirmed two Section 1 and 45 refusals to register ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES, finding it merely descriptive of, but not generic for, "entertainment services, namely, arranging and conducting automobile racing ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the product configuration mark shown below, for footwear in class 25, on the ground of ornamentality and lack of acquired distinctiveness. In ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The USPTO refused registration of the marks GUEPARDO, in standard characters and also ...
Reversing the TTAB's June 19, 2017 decision [TTABlogged here], the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the mark VAGISAN for various feminine hygiene products likely to ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] In a rather surprising decision, the Board reversed a Section 2(e)(4) refusal to ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark EL PATRÓN for "perfumes and colognes," finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark BOSS for "perfumery for personal use, namely, perfumes, ...
Here is a short but sweet collection of Section 2(b) cases from the TTABlog. Section 2(b) prohibits an "applicant" from registering a mark that "consists of or comprises the flag ...