USPTO Is FLAT EARTH SURF CLUB Confusable with TERRA PLANA for Clothing?
Under the doctrine of foreign equivalents, foreign words from common modern languages are translated into English to det...
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USPTO BARBEE for Social Networking App Not Confusable with, nor Dilutive of, Famous BARBIE mark for Dolls – 3
As an initial matter, consumers who encounter Applicant’s mark would readily recognize its dominant element to consist o...
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 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...
USPTO TTAB Affirms Genericness Refusal of FREE PHOTOS
When a mark is composed of dictionary words, those definitions generally inform its meaning and connotation. The Examini...
EUIPO No reason to assume that the relevant public would perceive the marks as having the same commercial origin even for identical goods – 3
Aurally, the contested sign will be pronounced as two terms /ENERGY ALPHA/ whereas the earlier mark as a short term /ALP...
EUIPO No reason to assume that the relevant public would perceive the marks as having the same commercial origin even for identical goods – 2
The fact that the second, shorter element of the contested sign ‘ALPHA’ coincides in some letters with the earlier mark’...