In view of the upcoming retirement of Deputy Chief Judge Susan M. Richey at the TTAB, the USPTO has posted a vacancy announcement for the position (here). The Deputy Chief ...
With the recent retirements of Deputy Chief Judge Susan M. Richey and Judge T. Jeffrey Quinn from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Board’s membership now stands at twenty-four ...
On September 25, 2017, the USPTO hosted a public meeting to report on the comments to the TTAB's Request for Comments on possible streamlined version of cancellation proceedings on the ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark FIT IN YOUR GENES, finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark FITGENES & Design, shown below, both for weight loss programs. Applicant ...
I have reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in an attempt to estimate the percentage of Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that were affirmed by the Board during the last calendar year (2017). ...
As I do every year since Hector was a pup, I have reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in an attempt to estimate the percentage of Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusals that were affirmed ...
The Board granted Opposer Kastle's motion for summary judgment, dismissing Applicant Lee's counterclaim alleging fraud in the procurement of one of Kastle's pleaded registrations. Applicant claimed that opposer made arguments ...
In view of the upcoming retirement of Deputy Chief Judge Susan M. Richey at the TTAB, the USPTO has posted a vacancy announcement for the position (here). The Deputy Chief ...
In a rare Section 43(c) dilution decision, the Board sustained Chanel's opposition to registration of the mark shown below left, for accounting services, finding the mark likely to cause dilution ...
In the first precedential decision of the new year, the Board reversed the USPTO's refusal to register the mark shown below, for various mailing services, overturning the Examining Attorney's rejection ...