The USPTO refused registration of EAST END for "Alcoholic beverages, except beers, ales, stouts, ciders and wines; alcoholic beverages, namely, distilled spirits, vodka," finding the mark to be primarily geographically descriptive under ...
Fellow Meet-the-Blogger Erik Pelton once again provides a report (here) on the latest meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (a/k/a TPAC). The slides from the meeting are provided at the end ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled three (III) oral hearings for the month of August 2018. The hearings will be held in the Madison Building, in Alexandria, ...
[This is a guest post by Natali De Corso, a rising 2-L at Boston College Law School, and a summer associate at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. The Board affirmed ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark TAMAL TAMAYO in the design form shown below, for "tamales," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered (Supplemental Registration) mark TAMAYO for "restaurant services." ...
The Board showed no ♥ for this applicant, affirming a refusal to register the mark I LOVE YOU for bracelets. The Board found the phrase to be merely ornamental and therefore failing ...
In a 55-page opinion issued one week after the oral hearing, the Board granted Plaintiff UMG Recordings' petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark J5 for various clothing items, on ...
The USPTO is seeking applications for the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The announcement is open until August 23, 2018. Further details may be ...
[This guest post was written by Stephanie Grace Stella, an associate in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. In a 36-page opinion, the Board sustained a Section ...
The Board granted Major League Baseball's petition for cancellation of a Supplemental Registration for the mark shown first below, for "clothing, namely, short and long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts,v jackets, baseball ...