In a rare decision under Section 2(b) of the Lanham Act, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark shown below, for tourism promotional services, on the ground that ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark SHOTTAS for clothing, video games, and entertainment services, finding that Respondent Richard Effs was not using the mark on ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark INFORMATION BUILDERS and Design (below left) for database software and related design services, finding the mark confusingly similar to the ...
Section 1213 of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure states (without cited authority) that "A disclaimer may be limited to pertain to only certain classes, or to only certain goods or services." ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled eight final hearings for the month of May 2020. All of the hearings will be held via video conference. Briefs and other ...
In a rare Section 18 proceeding, the Board denied a petition to restrict and rectify Respondent GastonCo's registration for the mark codeRED & Design for "Batteries and battery chargers; Communications headsets ...
The USPTO issued a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the mark BLOCKCHAIN DRILLING, finding it to be merely descriptive of "Drilling of offshore oil or gas wells utilizing blockchain technology ...
The Board dismissed the Section 2(d) claim in this opposition to registration of the mark MOKE & Design for "motor vehicles, namely, four wheel low speed land vehicles and automobiles," because ...
Wolf Greenfield IP Alert: by John L. Strand and John L. Welch. INTRODUCTION On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the federal Trademark Act (the Lanham Act) does ...
Future Wolf Greenfield associate and soon-to-be Notre Dame Law School graduate Kira-Khan McCarthy is enjoying an externship this semester at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Here are two concurrent ...