This issue has recently generated comments. The answer is “no”. As explained by the Supreme Court in Diamond Rubber: “A patentee may be baldly empirical, seeing nothing beyond his experiments ...
I once heard a TTAB judge say that the outcome of most Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion cases can be predicted just by looking at the marks and the identified ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark CARS for computer software and hardware for capturing road data and determining safe curve speeds for automobiles, on the ground of mere descriptiveness ...
The Board granted Opposer Heinekin Asia Pacific's motion for summary judgment in this opposition to registration of the mark TIGER SHARK for beer, finding that Applicant Claypool lacked the requisite ...
According to a reliable source, Ms. Pallante, the Register of Copyright, has been transferred to a new position within the Library of Congress where she will hold the title Senior ...
In the latest chapter in the long-running battle between Belmora LLC and Bayer over the mark FLANAX, Belmora has filed a petition for writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court. ...
The Board reversed a refusal to register the mark shown below, comprising the configuration of a headset, for "headsets for RF communications ...," finding that the mark had acquired distinctiveness. ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark BONNIE CASHIN for backpacks, handbags, and clothing, finding that applicant Stephanie Lake lacked the necessary bona fide intent to use ...
Greg Roggin had a particular interest in Japan; he earned a B.A. in History, Japanese and Political Science from the University of Michigan following an earlier degree relating to Japanese studies ...
The USPTO rejected Daniel Rechtfertig's application to register the mark shown below, for "automobile dealerships," find the mark merely descriptive under Section 2(e)(1). Applicant described the mark as "the words ...