In an ex parte context, fame is seldom a factor in the du Pont analysis due to lack of evidence , but here Examining Attorney Sara N. Benjamin's submissions demonstrated ...
Things did not go smoothly for Skippy, Inc. in its attempt to take a second bite of the PB&J. Appearing pro se, it sought cancellation of Hormel's registration for the ...
In this consolidated opposition and cancellation proceeding, NJoy Spirits filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that Frank Lin's registered mark BUCK is merely descriptive of "distilled spirits, namely, Kentucky ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark VALETTE for various clothing items, deeming the mark to be primarily merely a surname under Section 2(e)(4). The Examining Attorney found 236 individuals ...
Simon Tam has filed a petition for writ of mandamus with the CAFC, seeking an order directing the USPTO to comply with the CAFC's mandate by publishing for opposition his ...
On March 10, 2016, the USPTO issued Trademark Examination Guide 01-16, stating that the Office will be suspending action on pending applications involving marks subject to refusal under the disparagement ...
The Trademark Reporter has published its Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases: "The Sixty-Eighth Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946," by Theodore H. Davis, Jr. and yours ...
In her forthcoming article, The First Amendment Walks into a Bar: Trademark Registration and Free Speech, Notre Dame Law Review (download from her 43(B)log here), Professor Rebecca Tushnet argues that ...
On Monday, March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Milo Shammas in Shammas v. Hirschfeld, formerly known as Shammas v. Focarino. ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the mark NAG CHAMPA, finding the mark to be merely descriptive of "incense sticks." The Board concluded that the mark "describes ...