The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled seven (7) oral hearings for the month of October 2019. Four of the hearings will be held in the East Wing ...
Returning once again to failure-to-function land, the TTAB reversed a refusal to register the mark PREDICTIVE ENTREPRENEUR for educational services including seminars in the field of business and entrepreneurship. The Board ...
In October 2018, the CAFC issued a spit decision in an appeal from the TTAB's February 21, 2017 ruling [TTABlogged here] sustaining oppositions to registration of CORN THINS for "crispbread slices predominantly of ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(a) refusal of CALIFORNIA BEEMERS for automobile dealership and repair services, finding that the mark falsely suggests a connection with the German company, Bayerishce Motoren ...
R. Griffith Thomas, Editor-in-Chief of Allen’s Trademark Digest, has filed the following report regarding the recent TTAB oral hearing in In re QVC, Inc. During the 7th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark ...
V.F. Corporation opposed an application to register the design mark shown immediately below, for bumper stickers and various clothing items, claiming a likelihood of confusion with its registered mark VF, ...
In failure-to-function cases, the key question is how the alleged mark will be perceived by relevant consumers. To make this determination, the Board looks at the applicant's specimens of use ...
TTABlog Test: Is This Word+Design Mark for Whiskey Confusable with “OUTLAW” for Alcoholic Beverages?
The USPTO refused to register the word+design mark shown below, for "whiskey," finding it to be confusingly similar to the registered mark OUTLAW for "alcoholic beverages." The goods overlap, but ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark THERAFIT for "bed sheets," agreeing with Examining Attorney David I that applicant's specimen failed to show the mark in use in ...
In yet another ruling regarding the spoliation of evidence, the Board refused to consider certain of Petitioner Busy Beauty's Instagram photographs and data, finding that it had failed to preserve ...