By my estimation, somewhere around 80-85% of all Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that reach the TTAB are affirmed on appeal. Well, here are four appeals that were recently decided. ...
Cartier International opposed an application to register the mark TRINITY for leather handbags, alleging a likelihood of confusion with the identical mark registered for jewelry. The marks are identical, but ...
Today in Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir 2016)(en banc)(Moore, J.), amidst 107 pages of slip opinions with separate dissenting opinions from each of ...
Amended TTAB Rules Published in Federal Register today. Go here for link and for chart summarizing changes: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/trademark-trial-and-appeal-board-ttab.html
Yours truly, the TTABlogger, will be heading down to our Nation's Capital for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in Washington, D.C. (Register here). ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark "I ♥ DC" in the form shown first below, for various clothing items, and ordered cancellation of a registration (on ...
In another Section 2(e)(4) appeal, the Board again emphasized consumer perception over a more mechanical approach, affirming a refusal to register the mark ALDECOA for coffee, finding the mark to ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three (III) oral hearings for the month of October 2016. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison ...
Ken Tremain was one of the many distinguished twentieth century patent attorneys who gained an undergraduate engineering education from Purdue University and a legal education from the George Washington University ...
Today the Court DENIED certiorari in the Amphastar case, which is concerned with the § 271(e)(2) “safe harbor” for drug testing. Details are found in Top Patent Cases of September ...