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 ...
The captioned paper (attached, 133 pp. pdf) provides suggestions for patent drafting in addition to dealing with challenges in the anticipated wake of a merits decision in the currently pending Oil States ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled four (4) oral hearings for the month of November 2017. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the ...
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has granted the USPTO's motion for an award of its "expenses" in the BOOKING.COM case, pursuant to Section 1071(b)(3) of the Trademark ...