The recent TTAB decision regarding the TEQUILA certification mark [TTABlogged here] may have whet (or wet) your appetite for a more extensive discussion of certification marks. Professor Jeanne C. Fromer ...
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CHICAGO STAGEHAND Supplemental Registration Cancelled by Prior User Despite No Acquired Distinctiveness
In this unusual factual situation involving two geographically descriptive terms, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of a Supplemental Registration for the mark CHICAGO STAGEHAND, in standard character form, ...
The TTAB affirmed the USPTO's refusals to register six design marks - comprising the color green applied to the top portion of a sprinkler head and contrasting with an adjoining ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register THE LAUNDRY CAFE on the Supplemental Register, finding the term to be generic for "providing washing and drying laundry facilities," in International Class ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the slogan I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! for “Bottoms; Caps; Hats; Jackets; Shirts; Sweatshirts; T-shirts; Tops," on the ground that the ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled four (4) oral hearings for the month of February 2017. The first of the four hearings will be held at Southwestern Law ...
The USPTO refused to register the mark MERLIN for "timepieces and chronometric instruments," finding it confusingly similar to the identical mark registered for various articles of clothing. The Examining Attorney ...
In a 75-page opinion that includes a 12-page Appendix summarizing the record, the Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the mark TEQUILA as a certification mark for "distilled spirits, ...
Here is a link to my January 19th webcast entitled "Friendly Shores: A Guide to TTAB Practice for Foreign Trademark Owners." You may also download the PowerPoint slide deck. To ...
Here is the second half of the TTABlog's "top ten" list of 2016 TTAB decisions. Part 1 may be found here. If you would have selected other cases for the ...