The USPTO is seeking applications for the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the TTAB. Applications must be submitted by April 29, 2016. The detailed announcement may be found here. ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(a) refusal of the mark COPPER-TEN, finding it to be deceptive for "prepainted coated sheet steel, namely, coated sheet steel painted to simulate naturally weathered ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(5) refusal of the product configuration mark shown below, finding the mark to be de jure functional for "“gun parts, namely, bottom metal for custom ...
The Board denied Applicant Alpha Phi Omega's motion for summary judgment aimed at Opposer Omega SA's likelihood of confusion and dilution-by-blurring claims, finding that genuine issues of material fact existed ...
In this Section 2(d) opposition, the Board granted Opposer Newegg’s motion for leave to prepare and serve a sur-rebuttal expert report. The Board refused to read FRCP 26(a)(2)(D) as prohibiting ...
MEET THE BLOGGERS is back for the twelfth time. Perhaps the best non-INTA event ever devised by woman or man, MTB XII will be held on Monday, May 23rd, 8 ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark NOBLE HOUSE for furniture, ruling that Respondent Floorco had abandoned the mark. The Board held that use ...
On Monday, April 4th, the USPTO published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled "Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice," Federal Register, Volume 81, No. 64, ...
The Board sustained a rare Section 2(e)(4) opposition to registration of the mark AYOUB for “retail carpeting and rug stores” and “carpet and rug cleaning services,” finding that applicant failed ...
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