USPTO Ownership of Lapsed Registration No Justification for New Application for Same Mark and Goods/Services
Applicant focuses the majority of its briefing on its argument that it owned the Prior Registration covering the mark TO...
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USPTO TTAB Reverses 2(d) Refusal for GHOST AGENCY & Design for Advertising Services due in part to a Crowded Field of “GHOST” Marks
To further support its argument that the cited mark is conceptually weak, Applicant made of record sixty-three third-par...
USPTO Is CELEBRITY PITCH TANK Confusable with SHARK TANK for Business-Themed Entertainment Services?
Frequently, first words can make the biggest impact as source identifiers. But this impact is blunted in Applicant’s mar...
USPTO The mark comprises the Italian flag, in violation of Section 2(b)
The relevant matter in the mark has green, white, and red parallel stripes (one each), arrayed almost vertically. It is ...
USPTO Is FOODANALYZER Generic for Food Sensitivity Testing Services?
Applicant’s services do not analyze food in the ordinary sense of that phrase − they do not test food for nutritional co...
USPTO THE OHIO IPA for Beer: Geographically Descriptive and Confusable with OHIO PALE ALE for Beer
We fail to see how this essentially laudatory use of “THE” in Applicant’s mark, which points to the words that follow (A...
USPTO Is THRESHER WORM for Fishing Lures Confusable with THRASHER RODS for Fishing Rods?
When used as an intransitive verb, the word “thrash” is defined as “to move or stir about violently: toss about” or “thr...
USPTO TTAB Upholds Refusal of LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK for Clothing and Patches – Merely Ornamental and not a Source Indicator
The proposed mark, LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK, will be understood by consumers as merely ornamental, rather than as a sourc...
USPTO TTAB Sustains Nike’s Opposition to BLUE RIBBON TEAM for Sports Stores Due to Lack of Bona Fide Intent
What the record in this case reveals that Applicant is doing is to attempt “to reserve a right in the mark” first, and t...
USPTO Are these two “NWA” Marks Confusable for Clothing? – 2
The Examining Attorney points out that the cited mark is registered in standard characters and thus NWA may be presented...