Petitioner DrDisabilityQuotes.com seeks cancellation of two registrations, one for the word-and-design mark shown below ("the Stethoscope Mark") and the other for the standard character mark DOCTOR DISABILITY, both for insurance brokerage ...
The Scotch Whisky Association opposed an application to register the mark BURNS NIGHT for "Malt whisky; Whiskey" on two grounds: geographically deceptive misdescriptiveness under Section 2(e)(3), and deceptiveness under Section 2(a). The Board ...
The USPTO issued a trifusal(TM) for the proposed mark CAVIAR & CASHMERE for "non medicated skin care and related personal care and cosmetic products," finding the mark to be deceptive under Section ...
The TTAB recently decided the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them, keeping in mind that last year the ...
The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark COMPOSTA for compostable containers made of kraft paper or plastic for use in the food service industry, finding the mark to be merely descriptive ...
A TTAB judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the ...
American Airlines applied to register the mark RENOAIR for "air transport of passengers, cargo and freight" under Section 2(f) of the Lanham Act, claiming that acquired distinctiveness transferred to this mark from ...
The Board sustained oppositions to registration of ENHANCED PUSH-TO-TALK for telecommunication services on the ground of mere descriptiveness under Section 2(e)(1), and to AT&T ENHANCED PUSH-TO-TALK for the same services, in the absence of ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") upheld the TTAB's decision (here) sustaining an opposition to registration of the mark NORTH 61 (in standard characters) for various ...
In a 75-page opinion, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark SMART KEYBOARD on the Supplemental Register for "Accessory for a handheld mobile digital device, namely, a protective and ...