By my recent estimation, somewhere around 90% of all Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that reached the TTAB in 2016 were affirmed on appeal. Well, here are three appeals that ...
In 2016, How Often Did the TTAB Affirm Section 2(d) Refusals? 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Refusals?
I reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in an attempt to determine, or at least estimate, the percentage of Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusals and Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals, that were ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(4) surname refusal of BUTTERFIELDS for auction and appraisal services. Applying the Benthin factors, the Board found that the applied-for mark is not a rare ...
In a non-predecential opinion, the CAFC reversed the Board's decision (TTABlogged here) that found the mark DOT BLOG to be merely descriptive of the service of "providing specific information as ...
The TTAB issued three dozen (XXXVI) precedential opinions in calendar 2016. Among the more interesting ones, the Board considered the registrability of a rare “motion mark,” concluding that the gripping, ...
The TTAB ruled that an applicant, when seeking registration based upon acquired descriptiveness under Section 2(f), may rely on a "family of marks" argument to support its claim. Nonetheless, the ...
The New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) will host a CLE seminar on the upcoming TTAB rule changes. The seminar will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at ...
Yours truly, The TTABlogger, will present a webinar entitled "Friendly Shores: A Guide to TTAB Practice for Foreign Trademark Owners," on Thursday, January 19th from 10 to 11 AM EST, ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled eight (VIII) oral hearings for the month of January 2017. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison ...
Supposedly one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods. Here are three recent Section 2(d) ...