As I do every year since Hector was a pup, I have reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in an attempt to estimate the percentage of Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusals that were affirmed ...
The Board granted Opposer Kastle's motion for summary judgment, dismissing Applicant Lee's counterclaim alleging fraud in the procurement of one of Kastle's pleaded registrations. Applicant claimed that opposer made arguments ...
In view of the upcoming retirement of Deputy Chief Judge Susan M. Richey at the TTAB, the USPTO has posted a vacancy announcement for the position (here). The Deputy Chief ...
In a rare Section 43(c) dilution decision, the Board sustained Chanel's opposition to registration of the mark shown below left, for accounting services, finding the mark likely to cause dilution ...
In the first precedential decision of the new year, the Board reversed the USPTO's refusal to register the mark shown below, for various mailing services, overturning the Examining Attorney's rejection ...
Here's another 2017 precedential interlocutory ruling that slipped under the TTABlog radar. In this consolidated opposition and cancellation proceeding, the Board considered whether an answer may be amended to add an omitted ...
Here's a 2017 ruling that slipped under the TTABLog radar. In this precedential order, the Board denied an FRCP 12(c) motion for judgment on the pleadings, directed at applicant's counterclaims, ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark shown below left, finding it likely to cause confusion with the mark shown below right, both for cigars. On appeal, applicant argued that ...
The LAIPLA is seeking host companies and financial sponsors to support its 2018 Diversity Fellows. The Diversity Fellowship program was started in 2015 to increase the number of IP practitioners ...
The TTAB issued three dozen (36) precedential opinions in calendar 2017. Among the more interesting ones, the Board considered the registrability of the color yellow for a cereal box, again ...