The USPTO refused registration of the mark CROME for various hair care products, finding the mark confusingly similar to the registered mark CHROME GIRL for, inter alia, hair care products [GIRL disclaimed]. Would you have ...
The Board affirmed this Section 2(d) refusal to register CREPES BONAPARTE for "food truck services; mobile catering services" [CREPES disclaimed], finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered mark CAFÉ BONAPARTE & ...
Third-party registration and use evidence led the Board to sustain this opposition to registration of the mark KU:L in stylized form, for "bicycles," finding it likely to cause confusion with the registered ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has scheduled four (4) oral hearings for the month of December 2017. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the ...
In a brief 10-page opinion, the Board sustained an opposition to the mark PARATI for "alcoholic beverages, except beers; spirits," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark shown below left for "beer" on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark on the right, for "Brewed malt-based alcoholic ...
TTAB Test: Is “BREATHLESS” Merely Descriptive of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Information Services?
The USPTO refused registration of the mark BREATHLESS under Section 2(e)(1), finding the mark to be merely descriptive of "promoting public awareness of" and "providing medical information regarding" idiopathic fibrosis, its symptoms, ...
In a nonprecedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's decision (here) upholding a refusal to register the term MAGNESITA for refractory bricks and related products, ...
When a Section 2(d) refusal is affirmed in an opinion of a mere eight pages, that case is a prime candidate for the "WYHA?" label. But wait! The application for GOLF ...
Professors Barton Beebe and C. Scott Hemphill of New York University School of Law challenge trademark orthodoxy in their new article, "The Scope of Strong Marks: Should Trademark Law Protect ...