The captioned paper points out the narrow holding in Aqua Products concerning the burden of proof dealing with patentability issues in IPR proceedings. The brief paper includes as an attachment the full set ...
In a nonprecedential per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's decision (here) that upheld a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark SENSI for diapers. The Board ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark BSB for "distilled spirits," finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark shown below, for "brewpub services; taproom services; taproom services featuring beer ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CROC-TAIL & Design for “alcoholic beverages, namely, ready to drink mixed alcoholic drinks; alcoholic beverages containing more than one ...
The TTABlog was launched on November 8, 2004, with a blog post entitled "Leo Stoller Loses Again" (here). Remember him? Here we are, thousands of blog posts (and nearly 10,000 tweets) later. Thank ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark AMIGOS FOODS for "Wholesale distributorships featuring meat products" [FOODS disclaimed], on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner's ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark SLAY OR PREY, in standard character form, for various clothing items including T-shirts, finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark PRAY THEN ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark SINFUL ZINFANDEL for "wine created primarily from Zinfandel grapes" [ZINFANDEL disclaimed], finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark ZINFUL for "Distilled spirits; Wines." On ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark CRAWLER under Section 2(e)(1), finding it merely descriptive of "light truck and sport utility vehicle aftermarket suspension parts, namely, link arms and coil springs." Applicant ...
Last year, in the TIME TRAVELER BLONDE case (TTABlogged here), the Board rejected a consent agreement while affirming a Section 2(d) refusal of that mark in view of the registered mark TIME TRAVELER, both ...