USPTO “Squirt-style lineup” survey
Petitioner’s expert, Sarah Butler, conducted as “Squirt-style lineup” survey of 401 relevant consumers. The survey popul...
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EUIPO Just saying ‘it’s B’ doesn’t make it the same B! – 1
Indeed, the descriptive, non-distinctive or weakly distinctive elements of a complex trade mark generally have less weig...
USPTO TTAB finds Unamimous Podcast and UNAMIMOUS GAMES similar
The stylized microphone seems to us to highlight only that Applicant’s service is a podcast, which involves audio (and s...
WIPO Is a domain name consisting of the complainant’s mark plus a third-party trademark confusingly similar to the complainant’s trademark?
Where the complainant’s trademark is recognizable within the disputed domain name, the addition of other third-party mar...
USPTO The first Dupont factor weighs in favor of likelihood of confusion
The oval design feature of Applicant’s mark that surrounds the word DSU and frames it, forming a background, does not di...
USPTO TTAB Finds VITAWHEY Confusable with VITAWAYS for Dietary and Nutritional Supplements
In assessing the marks, we compare their “appearance, sound, connotation and commercial impression.” Refusal is appropri...
EUIPO How do weak distinctive elements sound together?
It is well-established case-law that the greater or lesser degree of distinctiveness of the elements common to the mark ...
EUIPO BMV’ found to free-ride on BMW’s reputation
Visually, the signs are similar to an above-average degree. The signs coincide in the letters ‘BM’, placed in the same o...
EUIPO TOUR DE FRANCE: ‘Tour de’ is too weak to prevent registration of ‘TOUR DE X’
The risk that the public may believe that the goods or services in question come from the same undertaking or from econo...
WIPO WIPO Domain Name Decisions – L’Oréal v. Schleich Thomas
The disputed domain name "lloreal.com" incorporates the mark "L'Oreal" nearly in full, changing only by omitting the apo...