In a nonprecedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's decision (here) upholding a refusal to register the term MAGNESITA for refractory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 ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark UNI/FORM in standard character form, finding it to be merely descriptive of clothing, namely, belts, shorts, t-shirts, etc. On appeal, applicant contended that the mark ...
The USPTO refused registration of the marks TRAILERSHARING under Section 2(e)(1), finding it merely descriptive of trailer rental services. It refused registration of U-HAUL TRAILER SHARING, U-HAUL TRAILERSHARING, U-HAUL TRAILER SHARE and U-HAUL TRAILERSHARE without a disclaimer of ...
Here we go again! I hear the trumpets blow again! Oh, nevermind. You may recall that a TTAB judge once remarked that one can predict the outcome of a Section ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark CAREBOARD for computer hardware and software for monitoring hospital patients, staff, and equipment, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered markECAREBOARD for interactive ...
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 ...