EUIPO At most very weakly distinctive character of the common element ‘SKIN’/’skin’ – 3
In view of the at most very weakly distinctive character of the common element ‘SKIN’/’skin’ and the below-average inher...
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EUIPO At most very weakly distinctive character of the common element ‘SKIN’/’skin’ – 2
The common element ‘SKIN’/‘skin’, although present at the beginning of the compared signs, is, due to its descriptive ch...
EUIPO At most very weakly distinctive character of the common element ‘SKIN’/’skin’ – 1
In the present case, it is likely that the relevant Polish consumers, will single out the English word ‘skin’ and will p...
USPTO “SOUL BNB” Not Confusable With “AIRBNB,” Says TTAB, Noting Weakness of “BNB”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that if there is evidence that a mark, or an element of a mar...
USPTO GOLD PALM Confusable with SILVER PALM for Wine – 2
Because there are no price restrictions in the parties’ identifications of goods, we must contemplate their wine can be ...
USPTO GOLD PALM Confusable with SILVER PALM for Wine – 1
That is, should consumers be familiar with Opposer’s SILVER PALM wine and then encounter Applicant’s GOLD PALM wine, it ...
USPTO TTAB Deems MARIO’S for Clothing Confusable with MARIO’S 3.10 for Retail Apparel Stores
Applicant’s mark is MARIO’S and the cited mark is MARIO’S 3.10. While there is no rule that marks are automatically cons...
EUIPO Interdependence Principle – 2
The outcome depends on the particularities of each case, but as a rule of thumb it can be said that when there is an ave...
EUIPO Interdependence Principle – 1
The Court has set out the essential principle that evaluating likelihood of confusion implies some interdependence betwe...
EUIPO Likelihood of confusion for the Englsih-speaking public for whom the signs represent misspellings of a known word
The contested sign consists of the sole verbal element ‘HyghLyght’ which will be perceived as an uncommon misspelling of...