Thank you Ted Davis for allowing me to post a link (here) to your 2018 outline of trademark decisions. The outline (59 pages) covers both federal court litigation and many ...
Observing that there are no precedential decisions regarding an examining attorney's failure to properly submit Internet evidence, the Board ruled that both applicants and examining attorneys must include the URL and the ...
Here are three recently decided Section 2(d) appeals. One of the refusals was reversed. Applying your jurisprudential skills and/or well-honed TTAB instincts, how do you think these came out? [Answer ...
LAIPLA Spring Seminar @ Ojai was a Spectacular Success! Here’s just a small sampling of what you missed if you didn’t attend this year’s LAIPLA Spring Seminar @ Ojai Valley ...
MEET THE BLOGGERS is returning for the 14th (XIVth) time. Perhaps the best non-INTA event ever devised by woman or man, MTB XIV will be convened on Tuesday, May 22nd, 8:00 - 10:00 PM, ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark LEIPER'S FORK DISTILLERY for "insulating sleeve holders for beverage cans," various clothing items, and alcoholic beverages, finding the mark to be primarily ...
The Board reversed a Section 2(e)(3) refusal to register the mark LAROMANA for "brown sugar," finding the mark not to be primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive. Although the Board agreed with the USPTO ...
Today in In re BigCommerce, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2018)(On Petition)(Linn, J.), the Federal Circuit a major decision on patent venue: Given that BigCommerce maintains its principal place of business and ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of four registrations for the mark GIDGET for clothing, cosmetics, jewelry, entertainment, and various other goods and services in eight classes, ruling that respondent had ...
The Board dismissed this opposition involving the two marks shown immediately below, for clothing embedded or infused with copper [COPPER 88 disclaimed], finding the marks too dissimilar to support a ...