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USPTO

Are Mugs and Drinking Straw Cleaning Brushes Related?

When comparing the goods, the question is whether the goods are related in some manner, or that the conditions and activ...
USPTO

DESPACITO Registrant Defeats Section 14(6) Claim by Proving Excusable Nonuse

Petitioner has established a prima facie case of abandonment under Trademark Act Section 45. However, our finding that R...
USPTO

TTAB finds Unamimous Podcast and UNAMIMOUS GAMES similar

The stylized microphone seems to us to highlight only that Applicant’s service is a podcast, which involves audio (and s...
EUIPO

EU trade mark dispute: TESTAROSSA – 2

There is no obligation to use the symbols ‘Ⓡ’ or ‘TM’ in order for the use of a mark to be considered to be in accordanc...
EUIPO

EU trade mark dispute: TESTAROSSA – 1

According to the case-law, the resale, as such, of a second-hand product bearing a trade mark does not mean that that ma...
WIPO

Is a domain name consisting of the complainant’s mark plus a third-party trademark confusingly similar to the complainant’s trademark?

Where the complainant’s trademark is recognizable within the disputed domain name, the addition of other third-party mar...
USPTO

The first Dupont factor weighs in favor of likelihood of confusion

The oval design feature of Applicant’s mark that surrounds the word DSU and frames it, forming a background, does not di...
EUIPO

“NERO CHAMPAGNE” Refused as an EU Trade Mark for Champagne Wine and Related Services

It can be presumed that a trade mark that contains or consists of a PDO, registered solely in respect of products comply...
USPTO

GHOSTWRITTEN INC. Not Proven Merely Descriptive of Publication of E-books and Blog Posts

Consumers cannot be expected to immediately understand the significance of GHOSTWRITTEN INC. in connection with the reci...
USPTO

Despite 18 years of Sales, LED Configuration Lacks Acquired Distinctiveness

Applicant bears the burden of proving acquired distinctiveness. To show that a proposed mark has acquired distinctivenes...