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Is NYCU Confusable with NYU for Educational Services?

Opposer’s NYU registered and common law mark and Applicant’s NYCU mark is very similar in appearance and sound, differin...
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BOWENS for Guitars is Primarily Merely a Surname

Section 2(e)(4) of the Trademark Act precludes registration of a proposed mark on the Principal Register that is “primar...
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KAHWA not Generic for, or Descriptive of, Cafés and Coffee Shops – 3

Under the doctrine of foreign equivalents, foreign words used as a mark are translated into English and then tested for ...
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KAHWA not Generic for, or Descriptive of, Cafés and Coffee Shops – 2

“A term is merely descriptive if it immediately conveys knowledge of a quality, feature, function, or characteristic of ...
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KAHWA not Generic for, or Descriptive of, Cafés and Coffee Shops – 1

A generic term is the common descriptive name of a class of goods or services and cannot be registered as a trademark be...
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Is WISHBONES for a Casino Bar Confusable with WISHBONE FARMS for Restaurant Services? – 2

The additional word FARMS is a point of differentiation in the marks. But we do not agree with Applicant that it creates...
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Is WISHBONES for a Casino Bar Confusable with WISHBONE FARMS for Restaurant Services? – 1

The word WISHBONE has not been shown to describe any quality or characteristic of Registrant’s services nor is there any...
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Is “MUSIC.AI” Merely Descriptive of Music Production Software? – 6

The fact that an applicant may be the first and only user of a merely descriptive designation does not justify registrat...
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Is “MUSIC.AI” Merely Descriptive of Music Production Software? – 5

The terms will be found merely descriptive if the individual components retain their descriptive meaning in relation to ...
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Is “MUSIC.AI” Merely Descriptive of Music Production Software? – 4

As seen in related fields involving high-technology goods and services characterized by rapid innovation and remarkable ...