[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a 2L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] The USPTO refused to register BLUEBERRY MUFFIN, in standard characters, finding the term ...
[This guest post was written by Amanda B. Slade, an associate in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. The USPTO issued a Section 2(e)(1) merely descriptiveness refusal ...
Adding to a growing list of genericness rulings, the Board affirmed a refusal to register ALGAE WAFERS for "fish food," finding it to be generic for the goods. The Board also ...
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has affirmed, on summary judgment, the TTAB's precedential decision in RxD Media, LLC v. IP Application Development LLC, 125 ...
In a less than scintillating but precedential ruling, the Board affirmed two refusals to register VIRTUAL INDEPENDENT PARALEGALS for "paralegal services; providing medical record summaries, deposition summaries and document review; litigation support ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled five (5) oral for the month of April 2019. Four of the hearings will be held in the East Wing of ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark shown below left, comprising a bottle in the shape of a male torso, for "Perfumery, essential oils, articles for body- and beauty-care, namely, ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark ALACRAN for "alcholic beverages except beers; distilled blue agave liquor," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered marks SCORPION MEZCAL for "alcoholic ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark A MOTHER'S TOUCH MOVERS for "transportation of household goods for others" [MOVERS disclaimed], finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark A WOMAN'S TOUCH ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark TEMPUS in the stylized form below, for "beer," finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark TEMPUS TWO for "wines." There was little doubt regarding ...