The Board dismissed this Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark WEAPON X MOTORSPORTS for various automotive parts, automotive body kits, and conversions services, finding that Opposer failed to prove priority. ...
The USPTO refused registration of the mark S-LON for "yarns and threads for use in making beaded jewelry," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark C-LON for "threads made of ...
In this consolidated cancellation proceeding involving registrations for the marks MONSTER SEAL A FLAT, MONSTER UP, and UNLEASH THE BEAST for "tire sealing compound," Respondent Martin moved to strike Petitioner Monster Energy Company’s notice of ...
The Board affirmed the USPTO's refusal to register the term MECHANICALLY FLOOR-MALTED, in standard characters, finding it to be generic for "malt for brewing and distilling" in International Class 31 and ...
Eric Goldman, Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, Director of the law school's High Tech Law Institute, and well known blogger (Technology and Marketing Law Blog), considers the ...
It has been said that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods or services. ...
The Trademark Reporter has published its Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases: "The Seventieth Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946," by Theodore H. Davis, Jr. and yours truly, ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the slogan REMEMBER THIS NAME for legal services on the ground that the phrase does not function as a service mark. Applicant Lundy Law ...
Playboy Enterprises failed to pull a rabbit out of its hat in this appeal from a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark shown below, for various entertainment services including video ...
The Board affirmed a requirement that Applicant Northeastern University amend its identification of goods for the mark NORTHEASTERN by specifying the material composition of its "clips for electric charging cables" to allow ...