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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...
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

GOLD PALM Confusable with SILVER PALM for Wine – 1

That is, should consumers be familiar with Opposer’s SILVER PALM wine and then encounter Applicant’s GOLD PALM wine, it ...