The USPTO refused registration of the proposed mark HELP THE PERSECUTED (in standard character form), concluding that it fails to function as a source indicator for "charitable fundraising services." Examining Attorney Tara ...
Applicant Hayman Group Limited squeaked by with a Supplemental Registration for CITY OF LONDON for gin [LONDON disclaimed], after surviving an opposition based on four grounds: Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness, Section ...
In yet another in a continuing stream of failure-to-function rulings, the Board upheld a refusal to register the proposed mark TEAM JESUS for clothing items and educational and entertainment services promoting religion, ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a law clerk (soon-to-be associate) in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.] The USPTO refused to register the mark GLOBAL ...
In this proceeding seeking cancellation of a registration for the mark PURISIMA & Design for wine, Respondent Transcend moved for summary judgment on two grounds: that Petitioner Spanishtown (1) is prohibited from ...
About a dozen years ago, a TTAB judge said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at ...
It seems that failure-to-function refusals are increasing in frequency. Just in the last few days,the Board issued decisions in three such cases. Are trademark applicant's overreaching? Have people come to ...
The USPTO refused to register the term CO-OP for "Bicycles, bicycle seats, bicycle wheels, bicycle tires, bicycle handlebars, bicycle forks, bicycle handle bar stems," finding it to be merely descriptive of the ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a law clerk in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. No matter how you slice it (or fold it ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark DIMOND for "bicycle frames, not including bicycle parts," finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark DIAMOND (in standard character and stylized form), owned by ...