I have been writing the monthly "Inside this Issue" section of Allen's Trademark Digest for about twenty years, and occasionally contribute an article under another section called "Keeping Tabs on the TTAB®." ...
We often scoff at the TTAB's pronouncements that there is no per se rule that all alcoholic beverages are related, but put your cynicism aside while you read this case. The Board ...
A TTAB judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the ...
The USPTO refused to register MASTER RANCHER, finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark RANCHMASTER, both for footwear. Applicant True Value argued that the meaning and commercial impressions of RANCHMASTER ...
In an exhaustive 77-page decision, the Board dismissed Monster Energy's opposition to registration of the mark CLEVELAND MONSTERS & Design for a variety of goods and services in eight classes, finding ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark FEYONCE for various clothing items, finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered marks BEYONCE' and YONCÉ for overlapping clothing items. Both cited registrations include a consent ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark BEAN BLOSSOM for "coffee, but not including alcoholic beverages," finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark BEANBLOSSOM for "hard cider." Applicant Cooper Moon argued ...
The Board sustained Barclay Capital's opposition to registration of the mark LEHMAN BROTHERS for beer, spirits, and bar and restaurant services, on the ground likelihood of confusion with the identical mark ...
Nearly two years ago, the CAFC vacated (and remanded) the TTAB's decision in Omaha Steaks International, Inc. v. Greater Omaha Packing Co., Opposition No. 91213527 [TTABlogged here], in which the Board ...
The TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them, keeping in mind that last year ...