The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled four (4) oral hearings for the month of December 2017. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the ...
In a brief 10-page opinion, the Board sustained an opposition to the mark PARATI for "alcoholic beverages, except beers; spirits," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark shown below left for "beer" on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark on the right, for "Brewed malt-based alcoholic ...
TTAB Test: Is “BREATHLESS” Merely Descriptive of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Information Services?
The USPTO refused registration of the mark BREATHLESS under Section 2(e)(1), finding the mark to be merely descriptive of "promoting public awareness of" and "providing medical information regarding" idiopathic fibrosis, its symptoms, ...
Name: Nicholas Krebs Firm, Company, Title: Cypress LLP, Associate Attorney Committee: Young Lawyers’ Committee Bio: I am a Chicago native who came to Los Angeles to pursue my law ...
In a nonprecedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's decision (here) upholding a refusal to register the term MAGNESITA for refractory bricks and related products, ...
When a Section 2(d) refusal is affirmed in an opinion of a mere eight pages, that case is a prime candidate for the "WYHA?" label. But wait! The application for GOLF ...
Thanks to everyone who supplied comments to the draft proposal, based upon which improvements have been made in the original paper. The proposal is for a rewritten Rule 73 to cabin ...
The attached rulemaking proposal is concurrently being sent to the Hon. Joseph D. Matal, performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the ...
Professors Barton Beebe and C. Scott Hemphill of New York University School of Law challenge trademark orthodoxy in their new article, "The Scope of Strong Marks: Should Trademark Law Protect ...