The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(2) refusal of the mark AMERICAN VETERINARY NURSES ASSOCIATION, finding it to be primarily geographically descriptive of "veterinary medicine services." Applicant argued that the term ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark I.W. SUISSE for "Clocks and watches; Parts for watches; Watch bands and straps; all of which are of Swiss origin as defined by ...
[This guest post was authored by John S. Strand, Trademark & Litigation Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield.] As we’ve noted before on this blog, third-party registrations and uses may help an ...
Giving "great weight" to two consent agreements, the Board reversed a Section 2(d) refusal of AMERICAN CONSTELLATION, finding the mark not likely to cause confusion with the registered mark CONSTELLATION, ...
It has been said that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods or services. ...
[This guest post was written by Stephanie Grace Stella, an associate in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. Delivering a lesson that not all things come to ...
E-mail subscriptions to the TTABlog are available. Just enter your e-mail address in the box on the right to receive a daily update via Feedblitz. Section 2(a) - Scandalous: USPTO ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (T-T-A-B) has scheduled seven (VII) oral hearings for the month of October 2018. The hearings will be held in the Madison Building in Alexandria, ...
I think the TTAB Tests this week have been too dang easy. Here are three recent Board decisions in Section 2(d) appeals. I'm not giving any hints this time, so ...
Our "TTAB Test" week continues with a Section 2(d) refusal of HUSKYfor "beer, ale and lager" in view of the identical mark registered for vodka. Sure, the marks are identical, ...