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 ...
In a rare granting of a motion for reconsideration, the Board vacated its order of December 28, 2018, that had dismissed this opposition without prejudice, and instead entered judgment against ...
Here is an updated collection of Section 2(a) deceptiveness cases from the TTABlog. Of course, most of these decisions are not precedential, but even non-precedential decisions may be helpful in ...
Here's an updated, lengthy list of Section 2(e)(2) geographical descriptiveness cases. These are much more common than Section 2(e)(3) refusals, perhaps because the former is more easily established since it ...
Here is an updated collection of Section 2(e)(3) cases. Of course, most of the decisions are not precedential, but even non-precedential decisions may be helpful in framing effective arguments and ...