EUIPO The marks coincide in the element ‘GRO*GREEN’
In the present case, the marks coincide in the element ‘GRO*GREEN’, which is the dominant and most distinctive element o...
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USPTO Is ELEMENTAL BEAUTY for Skincare Products Confusable with BEAUTY IS ELEMENTAL for Nutritional Supplements? – 1
Here, both marks contain the identical words ELEMENTAL and BEAUTY, with Applicant’s mark ELEMENTAL BEAUTY transposing th...
EUIPO Just saying ‘It’s B’ doesn’t make it the same B! – 3
In the present case, the signs at issue coincide only in their letter ‘b’, which in itself is weakly distinctive, wherea...
EUIPO The comparison of the signs (OHIM v Shaker, C‑334/05 P) – 2
Assessment of the similarity between two marks means more than taking just one component of a composite trade mark and c...
USPTO Refusal of the mark LITTLE MEXICO for “Take-out restaurant services” [MEXICO disclaimed]
Considering the marks in their entireties, we acknowledge that the marks have some dissimilarities in sound and appearan...
USPTO Is “LEFT RIGHT MIDDLE” Confusable with “LEFT CENTER RIGHT & Design” for Dice Games?
We keep in mind that when a mark, or a portion of a mark, is conceptually weak, it is entitled to a narrow scope of prot...
USPTO “THE BATHING BEAUTIES” is nearly identical to “BATHING BEAUTY”
The addition of the term “THE” and the plural of BEAUTY as “BEAUTIES” is not enough to distinguish the marks. The marks ...
USPTO Cognac Institute’s Opposition to COLOGNE & COGNAC ENTERTAINMENT
The stacked alliterative phrase, COLOGNE & COGNAC, appears prominently above the smaller and merely descriptive or gener...
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...
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 ...