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 – 4
Dilution by blurring is defined as the “association arising from the similarity between a mark or trade name and a famou...
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...
USPTO BARBEE for Social Networking App Not Confusable with, nor Dilutive of, Famous BARBIE mark for Dolls – 2
Even assuming that the parties’ goods and services are both offered on, for example, Facebook and Instagram, Applicant l...
USPTO BARBEE for Social Networking App Not Confusable with, nor Dilutive of, Famous BARBIE mark for Dolls – 1
The relatedness of the parties’ goods and services may be established based on (1) the language of the involved identifi...
EUIPO The differing letter at the beginning will be clearly noticed – 2
It is recalled that the business strategy of the parties concerned is irrelevant. As particular marketing strategies for...
EUIPO The differing letter at the beginning will be clearly noticed – 1
As regards the figurative aspects of the contested sign, it is true that it is settled case-law that, where a trade mark...
EUIPO At most very weakly distinctive character of the common element ‘SKIN’/’skin’ – 3
In view of the at most very weakly distinctive character of the common element ‘SKIN’/’skin’ and the below-average inher...
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...