Here are three recent Board decisions in Section 2(d) appeals. I'm not giving any hints, so you're on your own, buddy. How do you think these appeals turned out? [Answer ...
Finding that the mark TSA-KIT for "bottles, sold empty," falsely suggests a connection with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration ("TSA"), the Board affirmed a refusal to register under ...
I have once again reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in an attempt to estimate the percentage of Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusals that were affirmed by the Board during the last calendar year ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark #covfefe (in standard character form) for "hats; T-shirts; wristbands as clothing; hoodies; jackets; jerseys; ties as clothing; tops as clothing," ruling that the ...
In a 52-page opinion, the Board reversed a refusal to register the mark shown below right, comprising a green circle on a white cup, for coffee, tea, and restaurant services, ...
I've heard it said (by a TTAB judge) that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the purported mark INVESTING IN AMERICAN JOBS for "promoting public awareness for goods made or assembled by American workers" and for various retail and online ...
The CAFC vacated the TTAB's decision affirming a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY & Design for "mortgage banking services, namely, origination, acquisition, servicing, securitization and brokerage of mortgage ...
This is the second of two posts; the first five selections were posted here. Additional commentary on each case may be found at the linked TTABlog posting. The cases are not necessarily listed ...
The TTABlogger has once again bravely (?) chosen the ten TTAB decisions that he considers to be the most important and/or interesting from the previous calendar year (i.e., 2018). This is the ...