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TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?

August 20, 2019September 6, 2019| in The TTABlog| by John L. Welch
Here are three recent TTAB decisions in Section 2(d) appeals. I’m not giving any hints, so you’re on your own, my friends. How do you think these appeals turned out? [Answer in first comment].

In re Young Living Essential Oils, LC, Serial No. 87684401 (August 9, 2019) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Lorelei Ritchie). [Section 2(d) refusal of the mark R.C. for “essential oils for aromatherapy use, in view of the registered mark RC COSMETICS & Design (shown immediately below) for “cosmetics and cosmetic preparations; cosmetics and make-up” [COSMETICS disclaimed]].

In re Beerworks Holdings, Serial No. 87195092 (August 13, 2019)[not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. Lynch). [Section 2(d) refusal of FRINGE BEERWORKS for “taproom services featuring craft beer brewed on premises” [BEERWORKS disclaimed], in light of the registered mark FRINGE for “bar and cocktail lounge services.”

In re Healeo Juice Company, LLC, Serial No. 87493772  (August 15, 2019) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cindy B. Greenbaum). [Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark LIFE FORCE REPLENISHMENT for juices, including fruit juices and fruit-based juices, in view of the registered mark LIFEFORCE V for, inter alia, fruit beverages and fruit drinks].

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Text Copyright John L. Welch 2019.

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