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 ...
The Board rendered a split decision in this Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark shown immediately below [FRESH and BODY disclaimed] for "non-medicated skin care preparations, namely, lotions" ...
The Board issued an Order yesterday vacating its HOUNDSTOOTH MAFIA decision, in compliance with the February 23, 2016 Order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ...