The USPTO refused registration, on the Supplemental Register, of the term SECOND OPINION, finding it to be generic for "medical testing for diagnostic or treatment purposes in the field of cancer." ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the product configuration mark shown below (shaped like "a bullet cartridge") for "automobile antennas," finding that the mark lacked ...
The Board dismissed a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark MOMBACHO for cigars, ruling that Petitioner had failed to prove its claim of abandonment. The Board rejected petitioner's contention ...
This evening the Hon. Brett Michael Kavanaugh was nominated by President Trump to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The jurist has a sparse judicial record on patent ...
[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 Trademark Law and Practice Committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) will host a half-day program entitled "Hot Topics in IP Law" on Tuesday, July 17th, from 12 ...
In the latest issue of The Trademark Reporter, Professor J. Thomas McCarthy discusses (here) the CAFC's ruling in the INSIGNIA case, Joseph Phelps Vineyards, LLC v. Fairmont Holdings, LLC, 122 USPQ2d 1733 (Fed. Cir. ...
In the latest issue of The Trademark Reporter, Professors Kal Raustiala (UCLA Law School) and Christopher Jon Sprigman (NYU School of Law) consider and critique the role of post-sale confusion in ...
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a Final Judgment ordering the TTAB to "transfer" to Piano Wellness LLC the application of Charlotte K. Williams ...
The Trademark Law and Practice Committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) will host a half-day program entitled "Hot Topics in IP Law" on Tuesday, July 17th, ...