On July 21st, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded to the TTAB the Board's decision in In re GJ & AM, LLC dba Cookinpellets.com "for further consideration ...
In a wide-ranging opinion covering various evidentiary objections, a family-of-marks claim, and trial of that issue by implied consent, the Board dismissed this opposition to registration of SKY CINEMAS for "movie ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the phrase RIBBONS OF HOPE as a trademark for pasta, finding that the phrase fails to function as a mark. Examining Attorney Anthony Rinker ...
Here we go again! The Board recently decided the appeals from the three Section 2(d) refusals summarized below. At least one of the refusals was reversed. How do you think ...
In her article, "Using Failure to Function Doctrine to Protect Free Speech and Competition in Trademark Law," Professor Lisa P. Ramsey of the University of San Diego School of Law ...
The Board reversed a Section 2(a) refusal to register the mark GIPA for various intellectual property related services, finding that the USPTO failed to establish a false suggestion of a ...
The Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the mark BLUE IVY CARTER for a variety of goods and services in 14 classes (including musical performers (sic!), golf balls, plastic flags, ...
The Board made quick work (an opinion of a mere 11 pages) of this opposition to registration of the mark TEQUILUSA for “alcoholic beverages, except beer," finding a likelihood of confusion ...
The TTAB recently decided the appeals from three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them, keeping in mind that last year the Board ...
A TTAB judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the ...