The USPTO refused registration of the mark BEACH HUGGY for "pillows," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark HUGGY PETS for "decorative pillowcases for children." The ...
The TTAB sustained a petition for cancellation of the mark PORTÓN for "Distilled spirits; brandy; pisco," finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark PATRON for tequila ...
Supposedly one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods. Here are four (IV) recent Section ...
Yours truly, The TTABlogger, will present a webinar entitled "Friendly Shores: A Guide to TTAB Practice for Foreign Trademark Owners," on Thursday, January 19th from 10 to 11 AM EST, ...
Robert H. Coggins has been appointed to the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Judge Ellen J. Seeherman retired from government service in December ...
With the appointment of Robert H. Coggins to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the retirement of Judge Ellen J. Seeherman, the Board’s membership remains at twenty-six (26) Administrative ...
By my recent estimation, somewhere around 90% of all Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that reached the TTAB in 2016 were affirmed on appeal. Well, here are three appeals that ...
In 2016, How Often Did the TTAB Affirm Section 2(d) Refusals? 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Refusals?
I reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in an attempt to determine, or at least estimate, the percentage of Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusals and Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals, that were ...
The Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(4) surname refusal of BUTTERFIELDS for auction and appraisal services. Applying the Benthin factors, the Board found that the applied-for mark is not a rare ...
In a non-predecential opinion, the CAFC reversed the Board's decision (TTABlogged here) that found the mark DOT BLOG to be merely descriptive of the service of "providing specific information as ...