Greg Roggin had a particular interest in Japan; he earned a B.A. in History, Japanese and Political Science from the University of Michigan following an earlier degree relating to Japanese studies ...
The USPTO rejected Daniel Rechtfertig's application to register the mark shown below, for "automobile dealerships," find the mark merely descriptive under Section 2(e)(1). Applicant described the mark as "the words ...
Yours truly, the TTABlogger, will be heading down to our Nation's Capital for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in Washington, D.C. (Register here). ...
Today in In re Efthymiopoulos, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Prost, C.J.), in an otherwise legally unimportant case, the panel affirmed an obviousness rejection of claims to a method of ...
The Board dismissed this consolidated opposition to registration of the marks MILEWISE and ALLSTATE MILEWISE for insurance services,based on claims of likelihood of confusion with opposers' family of WISE-formative marks. ...
The Board sustained pro se opposer Jeanette K. Daniels's opposition to registration of the markPROGENEALOGISTS under Section 2(f), finding that the mark lacked acquired distinctiveness. Because the mark is "highly ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark MERSIN, in the design form shown below, for cheese, garnish, and pastry products, without a disclaimer of the word MERSIN, on the ground ...
The CAFC upheld the TTAB's affirmance [TTABlogged here] of a refusal to register the mark shown below, comprising about 600 words, for, inter alia, cartoon prints, paper dolls, and coloring ...
By my estimation, somewhere around 80-85% of all Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that reach the TTAB are affirmed on appeal. Well, here are four appeals that were recently decided. ...
Cartier International opposed an application to register the mark TRINITY for leather handbags, alleging a likelihood of confusion with the identical mark registered for jewelry. The marks are identical, but ...