USPTO Are Industrial Heat Exchangers Related to Vacuum Cleaners? – 1
If the goods or services in question are not related or marketed in such a way that they would be encountered by the sam...
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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...
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...
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 – 1
That is, should consumers be familiar with Opposer’s SILVER PALM wine and then encounter Applicant’s GOLD PALM wine, it ...
USPTO TTAB Deems MARIO’S for Clothing Confusable with MARIO’S 3.10 for Retail Apparel Stores
Applicant’s mark is MARIO’S and the cited mark is MARIO’S 3.10. While there is no rule that marks are automatically cons...
USPTO TTAB Affirms Genericness Refusal of FREE PHOTOS
When a mark is composed of dictionary words, those definitions generally inform its meaning and connotation. The Examini...