The USPTO refused registration of the mark MAIN LINE REFRESH(standard characters) for “Medical consultations; Medical services; Cosmetic and plastic surgery” [MAIN LINE disclaimed], finding it likely to cause confusion with ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The Board reversed a Section 2(e)(5) refusal to register the package configuration mark ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark THE CARDIO GROUP & Design for "retail store services featuring medical devices," finding that applicant's specimens of use were unacceptable because ...
In this long-running cancellation proceeding aimed at a registration for the mark COHIBA for cigars, the Board considered "the means available to cross-examine a declarant or affiant testimonial witness outside ...
Supreme Court Holds Section 2(a) Ban on Registration of Immoral or Scandalous Marks Unconstitutional
In case you haven't heard, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Section 2(a)'s "immoral or scandalous" bar to trademark registration "infringes the First Amendment" and is therefore invalid as ...
In an enervating 22-page opinion, the Board rendered a split decision in this appeal from a genericness refusal of the service mark HEALTHPLANS.COM (in standard character form), for advertising services ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The USPTO refused to register the mark RUFF CHEWERS, in standard characters (CHEWERS ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark shown immediately below on the ground that it fails to function as a service mark for "Retail store services featuring handmade ...
[This guest post was written by Stephanie Grace Stella, an associate in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.] The USPTO refused to register the mark FRANCIEPANTS (standard ...
In this cancellation proceeding involving a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, the Board faced the question of whether a witness located in the United States, whose ...