In this long-running battle over the mark CINGULAR for cell phones and related products, the Board bifurcated the issues so that it could first rule on whether opposer has standing to ...
Applicant CLAAS KGaA failed to harvest any registrations from its applications to register the marks shown below, for forage harvesters and combine harvesters, respectively. The proposed marks each comprise "a ...
The Board affirmed two refusals to register each of the word+design marks shown below, for "utility knives," finding that the marks create a false association with President Trump under Section ...
A TTAB Administrative Trademark Judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of CHARLESTON HARBOR TOURS for "Arranging of travel tours and cruises; Boat transport; Conducting boat charters; Conducting power boat charters; Conducting sightseeing travel ...
The TTAB has issued a revised Standard Protective Order (here). Pursuant to Trademark Rule 2.116(g), this standard protective order is automatically imposed in all Board proceedings. The Board, after discussions ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register FIDGET CUBE on the Supplemental Register, for “stress relief exercise toys” [FIDGET disclaimed], finding the term to be “the generic name of the subgenus ...
The Board affirmed three refusals to register a motion mark for "conducting sightseeing travel tours by bus," finding that the proposed mark fails to function as a service mark, that ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled eight (8) oral hearings for the month of February 2020. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(2) refusal to register the mark SMITHFIELD for "meat, lard, offals," finding the mark to be primarily geographically descriptive of the goods. Applicant argued that there ...