Ruling that the potential harm to Opposer Plumrose Holdings' reputation in the United States gave it "standing" despite lack of use of its marks in this country, the Board sustained ...
The USPTO fumbled the ball here in what should have been a fairly easy run for a touchdown. The Board reversed a refusal to register the mark shown below left, ...
The 10th annual TechTainment conference, hosted by the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA) in partnership with The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (ASU ...
The Board has decided 16 appeals from specimen refusals this year and has reversed half of them. Here is the 17th. The Board upheld this refusal to register the proposed ...
When Chinese Applicant Terasako Technology's attorney withdrew from this opposition, Terasako was given time to appoint new U.S. counsel to satisfy Rule 2.11. When Terasako did not respond, the Board ...
The Director of the USPTO intervened in this appeal from the Board's dismissal [pdf here] of an opposition to registration of the mark shown below right, for various clothing items. The ...
In a 40-page decision, the Board upheld a genericness refusal of LOTERIA [English translation, "Lottery"] for "Gaming machines, namely, slot machines and electronic gaming machines for playing games of chance." Alternatively, the ...
Footwear behemoth Nike, Inc. ran over pro se Applicant Timothy Jinks in this opposition to registration of the mark 4IR for "shirts." The Board found confusion likely with Nike's common law mark AIR for various types ...
Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers has announced the appointment of three Administrative Trademark Judges to the TTAB (see below). By my count, this brings the number of ATJs at the ...
In this opposition to registration of the mark MOUNTAIN GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE for educational services and various clothing items, Applicant Virginia Community College Systems moved for summary judgment, asserting that the Board ...