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USPTO

COGNAC LIFE for Magazine Publishing Confusable with Famous COGNAC Regional Certification Mark – 2

Because COGNAC brandy is commonly featured in magazines and other publications and because BNIC publishes its own digita...
USPTO

COGNAC LIFE for Magazine Publishing Confusable with Famous COGNAC Regional Certification Mark – 1

A certification mark, as distinguished from a trademark, does not indicate commercial source or distinguish the goods or...
EUIPO

The word ‘Hawaiian’ will be understood as a reference to a state of the US in the central Pacific. 

Following the assessment of the inherent distinctiveness of the sign’s single verbal element, the examiner would then ne...
USPTO

Canceling ZIGONG LANTERN GROUP Registration due to Geographical Descriptiveness

We take judicial notice that multiple English language dictionaries list “Zigong” as a defined word, and each such dicti...
EUIPO

The term ‘CIGALES’ independently evokes the PDO

When consumers encounter the sign applied for, the term ‘CIGALES’ does not go unnoticed. Although there is no likelihood...
EUIPO

“NERO CHAMPAGNE” Refused as an EU Trade Mark for Champagne Wine and Related Services

It can be presumed that a trade mark that contains or consists of a PDO, registered solely in respect of products comply...