Name: Kyriacos Tsircou Firm, Company, title: Tsircou Intellectual Property Law Committee: Small Firm/Solo Practitioner Bio: I am an Air Force Academy graduate and majored in Astronautical Engineering. Following graduation, I ...
Andrei Iancu, a longtime leader in the patent field, has now been confirmed by the Senate. Installation as Director Expected Shortly: Senate confirmation is the last major step on the way ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark PEACEFUL PIRANHA for potato chips, processed nuts, and other snack items, finding the mark confusingly similar to the registered mark PIRAÑA for potato chips, nut-based snacks, etc. ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark TERNURA for cigars, finding it likely to cause confusion with the identical mark registered for "liquor; tequila; vodka; wines."Applicant contended that, under applicable precedent, tobacco ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark shown below left, for "Computer application software for mobile phones and desktop computers, namely, software for visualizing the popularity ...
On June 29, 2017, the day its pretrial disclosures were due, Opposer Kid-Systeme filed a motion to reopen its time to file a motion for summary judgment. Trademark Rule 2.127(e)(1), ...
LAIPLA member David Quinto and Stuart Singer of the Boies, Schiller firm are seeking someone to share co-authorship credit for updating the next edition of their national guide to the ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled six (6) oral hearings for the month of February 2018. The first two hearings listed for February 28th will be held at Tulane ...
In another precedential interlocutory ruling from 2017 that eluded this blogger, the Board refused to allow Applicant Rural Health to submit certain non-party discovery depositions by way of notice of ...
The Board sustained Kimberly-Clark's opposition to registration of the word + design mark shown below left, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with K-C's registered mark shown below right, ...