USPTO TTAB Reverses Refusal of GOOD TIMES for Bourbon over “GOOD TIME(S)” Registrations for Alcoholic Beverages
The Federal Circuit has held that if there is evidence that a mark, or an element of a mark, is commonly adopted by many...
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EUIPO The distinctiveness of “SUN” to be below average in the context of non-alcoholic drinks – 2
Visually and aurally, both signs contain the identical beginning ‘SUN-’. Moreover, their length and number of syllables ...
EUIPO The distinctiveness of “SUN” to be below average in the context of non-alcoholic drinks – 1
Where some elements of a trade mark are descriptive of the goods and services for which that mark is protected or of the...
USPTO JAPANESE COWBOY Confusable with TOKYO COWBOY for Restaurant and Bar Services
The marks each have a geographic term (TOKYO and JAPANESE) as the first term; they share the literal term COWBOY as the ...
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 Visually similar to an average degree and aurally similar to an above-average degree – 2
Phonetically, the signs coincide in the sound ‘truss’ at the beginning. Although the contested sign is shorter that the ...
EUIPO Visually similar to an average degree and aurally similar to an above-average degree – 1
It is true that the signs present differences: the applicant’s possesses figurative features and is short. The signs dif...
UKIPO The shared use of ‘PARAISO’ would lead consumers to being confused between the marks
Although direct confusion and indirect confusion both involve mistakes on the part of the consumer, it is important to r...
EUIPO Given the strong visual differences which compensate for the phonetical identity, a likelihood of confusion can be safely excluded
Neither sign has any element that could be considered clearly more dominant than other elements, considering the relativ...