Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne C. Fromer of NYU School of Law present the results of their empirical study regarding fraudulent specimens of use in applications originating in China. [pdf ...
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., is accepting applications for the position of trademark and copyright associate, New York or Boston based. To apply, go here. "We are seeking an attorney ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is setting and adjusting Trademark and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) fees for the first time in nearly three years through ...
The Board reversed a failure-to-function refusal of JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE for a variety of items in nine classes, such as candles, flatware, lamps, and Christmas ornaments. The Board concluded ...
The September-October issue of The Trademark Reporter [pdf of full issue here] includes Daniel R. Bereskin's article on Trademark Rights and Freedom of Competition in Canada, a commentary by Dr. Martin Viefhues ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the three-dimensional product packaging shown below, for “pre-mixed alcoholic beverages, other than beer-based," finding that the design is not inherently distinctive and rejecting ...
Faced with a Section 2(b) refusal because their proposed mark included simulations of the flags of the United States and of Bermuda, these two yacht clubs tried to amend their ...
In a non-precedential opinion, the CAFC upheld the Board's decision affirming a Section 2(e)(5) functionality refusal of of the packaging designs shown below for "electric cables and wire. [TTABlogged here]. The ...
[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a law clerk in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.]. Glow Concept petitioned to cancel a registration for the ...
A TTAB judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the ...