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USPTO

Naked Consent Agreement Fails to Prevent Section 2(d) Refusals over GODZILLA – 2

The Examining Attorney argues that the agreement is a “naked consent” and is insufficient to overcome a likelihood of co...
USPTO

TTAB Reverses Specimen Refusal, Finding Webpage Sufficient for Pet Food Products

To constitute a display associated with the goods, a specimen must show use of the mark directly associated with the goo...
USPTO

TTAB Upholds Section 2(e)(5) Functionality Refusal of Office Chair Wheel Configuration

Our determination of functionality is generally guided by the analysis first applied in In re Morton-Norwich Prods., Inc...
EUIPO

The term ‘robotaxi’ is recognised in English and German with the meaning of a self-driving taxi or electronically controlled taxi

In present-day commercial and technological language, the public is accustomed to terms designating automated or autonom...
EUIPO

The consumer will associate the number ‘4’ with a quantifiable measure such as size which corresponds to a characteristic of the goods

The contested sign is a figurative mark, more particularly a stylised numeral mark that consists of a bold, stylised num...
オーストラリア

Consumer might notice the shared word ROCK does not rise to a real or tangible danger

Evidence of other marks on the Register does not, without more, prove that the marks identified have been used in the ma...
フィリピン

“W” is the dominant feature of both Starwood’s and Oceanic’s marks – 12

The Court has reiterated that there are four different categories of marks vis-a-vis the strength of protection accorded...
USPTO

Rejecting Incongruity Claim, TTAB Finds EGGBAR to be Merely Descriptive of Restaurant Services

If each word instead retains its merely descriptive significance in relation to the goods, the combination results in a ...
USPTO

Is BLANCO (Stylized) Confusable with BLANCO LABEL for Clothing?

The test, under the first DuPont factor, is not whether the marks can be distinguished when subjected to a side-by-side ...
USPTO

BALLETCOLLECTIVE is a generic term for entertainment services in the nature of dance and ballet performances

To the extent that Applicant relies on its own particular use of the proposed mark with the first letter in the componen...