A TTAB Administrative Trademark Judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks ...
The Board sustained an opposition to registration of CHARLESTON HARBOR TOURS for "Arranging of travel tours and cruises; Boat transport; Conducting boat charters; Conducting power boat charters; Conducting sightseeing travel ...
The TTAB has issued a revised Standard Protective Order (here). Pursuant to Trademark Rule 2.116(g), this standard protective order is automatically imposed in all Board proceedings. The Board, after discussions ...
The Board affirmed a refusal to register FIDGET CUBE on the Supplemental Register, for “stress relief exercise toys” [FIDGET disclaimed], finding the term to be “the generic name of the subgenus ...
The Board affirmed three refusals to register a motion mark for "conducting sightseeing travel tours by bus," finding that the proposed mark fails to function as a service mark, that ...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled eight (8) oral hearings for the month of February 2020. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(2) refusal to register the mark SMITHFIELD for "meat, lard, offals," finding the mark to be primarily geographically descriptive of the goods. Applicant argued that there ...
In an 80-page opinion, the TTAB granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark AUK AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT & Design (shown immediately below) for "educational services, namely, providing ...
I have again reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in order to estimate the percentage of Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that were affirmed by the Board during the last calendar year (2019). ...
Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers has announced the addition of three interlocutory attorneys to the TTAB roster. By my count, this brings the number of "interlocs" to nineteen (19). I ...