John B. Farmer is a trademark expert who founded the Leading-Edge Law Group, PLC in Richmond Virginia. He is a past Chairman of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee of the USPTO ...
Here are three decisions issued by the TTAB two days ago, the first a Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal, the second a Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion refusal, and the ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of BLACKLAND DISTILLERY for "distilled spirits" [DISTILLERY disclaimed], finding a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark BLACKLANDS MALT for "malt for brewing and distilling" [MALT ...
In a bit of snoozer, the Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal of COUNTRY OVEN for "Self-serve retail bakery shops; Retail bakery shops; bakery services, namely, online retail bakery shops" and ...
In two recent section 2(d) oppositions, the fame of the opposer's marked played a dominant role in the Board's Section 2(d) analysis. "Famous marks are accorded more protection precisely because ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded the TTAB's decision in Galperti, Inc. v. Galperti S.r.L., Cancellation No. 92057016 (August 13, 2018) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge ...
On remand from the CAFC, the TTAB denied Petitioner adidas's claim that Respondent Church abandoned it marks ADD A ZERO (in standard character and design form), but the Board agreed that ...
In a nonprecedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the TTAB's March 9, 2018 decision (here) finding a likelihood of confusion between appellant's mark BEAST ...
Here is a link to the webcast recording of the November 5th panel discussion at Northeastern Law School, entitled "The Original Sin of Trademark Law: Failure to Function." Thank you to ...
Here is a link to the webcast recording of the November 5th panel discussion at Northeastern Law School, entitled "The Original Sin of Trademark Law: Failure to Function." Thank you to ...