A TTAB judge once remarked that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods or ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark THE SAISON D'HERETIQUE, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark HERETIC BREWING COMPANY [BREWING COMPANY disclaimed], both for ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that the Section 2(a) bar on registering immoral or scandalous marks is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. ...
In an exhaustive 129-page opinion (including a 12-page appendix), the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the product configuration shown below, for "engines for use in construction, maintenance and ...
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 trademark infringement suit in the Southern District of New York, the U.S. district court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, ruling that issue preclusion applied to the issue ...
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC is seeking an attorney to join our Boston or New York office in the Trademark and Copyright Group. Qualified applicants will have up to 3 ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark FALL HARVEST for "coffee for use in single-serve brewing machines," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark AUTUMN HARVEST BLENDfor "whole roasted ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark OLANA for jewelry and various clothing items on the ground that the drawing is not a "substantially exact representation of the mark" as ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark TAO VODKA for “alcoholic beverages except beer" [VODKA disclaimed] on two grounds: nonuse and likelihood of confusion with petitioner's ...