The USPTO issued a Section 2(e)(1) refusal to register the mark BLOCKCHAIN DRILLING, finding it to be merely descriptive of "Drilling of offshore oil or gas wells utilizing blockchain technology ...
The Board dismissed the Section 2(d) claim in this opposition to registration of the mark MOKE & Design for "motor vehicles, namely, four wheel low speed land vehicles and automobiles," because ...
Wolf Greenfield IP Alert: by John L. Strand and John L. Welch. INTRODUCTION On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the federal Trademark Act (the Lanham Act) does ...
Future Wolf Greenfield associate and soon-to-be Notre Dame Law School graduate Kira-Khan McCarthy is enjoying an externship this semester at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Here are two concurrent ...
A public meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) was held online on April 17, 2020. The agenda and list of speakers may be found here. Here are the presentation ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark shown below for various types of pillows, finding a likelihood of confusion with the mark UNO in standard character ...
In two decisions issued on the same day, the Board found the proposed mark AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS CORPORATION to be primarily geographically descriptive of various goods and services mostly related to ...
A TTAB Administrative Trademark Judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks ...
[This guest post was written by John L. Strand, Shareholder in the Trademark and Litigation Groups at Wolf Greenfield]. My Organic Zone petitioned for cancellation of Registration No. 3,335,800 for ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark ROCKSTUD SPIKE for various clothing items and leather goods, absent a disclaimer of the word SPIKE. Applicant Valentino contained that the ornamentation on its products ...