The USPTO refused registration of the mark PANACHE (in standard characters) for "apple butter; apple purée; processed apples," finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark MANGO MANGO MANGO PRESERVES A PANACHE ...
Product configuration can never be inherently distinctive trademarks. So says Wal-Mart v. Samara Bros. Moreover, such proposed marks face a heavy burden when the applicant attempts to establish acquired distinctiveness under ...
The Board granted Tyco Fire's motion for summary judgment, finding the product configuration marks shown below, for a "a heat fusible link for use in fire protection," to be functional ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the design shown below, for "Non-medicated cleaning preparations for livestock, horses, and domestic animals, ...." and various other products for said animals, agreeing ...
The USPTO refused registration of TWEEDS for "shirts; sweaters" on the Supplemental Register, deeming the term to be generic for the goods. Applicant argued that "[t]weed is a fabric, not a shirt ...
The TTAB reversed a refusal to register the mark AWLVIEW for, inter alia, warehouse inventory management software, overturning the USPTO's rejection of applicant's specimen of use. Because the mark appears on the login ...
Lisa Larimore Ouillette, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, responds to the article posted hereyesterday, in a note entitled, Does Running Out Of (Some) Trademarks Matter?, 131 Harv. Law. Rev. ...
The TTAB, in a combined program with the PTAB, will take its "Stadium Tour" to Tulane University Law Schoolin New Orleans on February 28th. The TTAB panel will hear oral argument in ...
"Conventional wisdom" says that the number of available trademarks is infinite, or nearly so. Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne C. Fromer of New York University School of Law challenge that ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark CODEGREEN for "nutritional supplements in pill and/or powder form," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark CODE GREEN for "fruit beverages" and "vegetable-based ...