Today at the Annual AIPLA meeting in Washington, D.C., before the Japan Practice Committee, the Hon. Naoko Munakata, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office, delivered an important speech which chronicles ...
In a rare opposition based on the ground of Section 2(e)(2) geographical descriptiveness, the Board rejected applicant's Section 2(f) claim of acquired distinctiveness based on five years of use, finding ...
(1) AIPLA Japan Committee Meeting Oct. 17-18, 2017: The most important annual meeting held in North America concerning Japanese patent practice occurs in Washington, D.C., October 17-18, as part of the ...
In a 74-page opinion, the Board dismissed an opposition to the mark GREATER OMAHA & Design, shown below left, finding the mark not likely to cause confusion with the registered mark OMAHA ...
In this consolidated proceeding concerning the mark LEHMAN BROTHERS, Tiger Lily Ventures Ltd. moved to strike certain testimony and evidence submitted by Barclays Capital Inc. during the latter's case-in-chief, on both ...
New Paper: “PARIS CONVENTION PRIORITY PITFALLS UNDER THE LEAHY SMITH AMERICA INVENTS ACT” The attached, captioned paper is a draft analysis of procedures to obtain foreign priority rights for Asia and Europe under ...
Yours truly, the TTABlogger, will be heading down to our Nation's Capital for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in Washington, D.C. (Register here). The "Year ...
It has been said 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 services. ...
The USPTO refused registration of the applied-for mark PERSON, finding it merely descriptive of wearable computers, wearable electronic devices, smart watches, and other goods. The examining attorney maintained that the term "describes ...
Because opposer failed to allege use of her mark SULBING in the United States, the Board dismissed her claim of likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d). The Board observed that ...