USPTO Establishing entitlement to a statutory cause of action for opposition claims
Demonstrating a real interest in opposing registration of a mark satisfies the zone of-interests requirement, and demons...
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USPTO Weakness of “BNB” Brings Cancellation Denial
An online association based on proximity is not the same as a trademark inquiry as to the perception of the relevant pub...
USPTO Genericness Opposition to MLD FAMILY for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) Advocacy
To show that a mark has acquired distinctiveness, an applicant must demonstrate that the relevant public understands the...
USPTO Is M8KIT Confusable with M8 for Clothing?
The existence of third-party registrations on similar goods can bear on a mark’s conceptual strength. Specifically, thir...
USPTO CAMPANARIO for Alcoholic Beverages Except Beer Confusable with BELL TOWER for Beer
Under the doctrine of foreign equivalents, foreign words from common languages are translated into English to determine ...
USPTO Is ELEMENTAL BEAUTY for Skincare Products Confusable with BEAUTY IS ELEMENTAL for Nutritional Supplements? – 1
Here, both marks contain the identical words ELEMENTAL and BEAUTY, with Applicant’s mark ELEMENTAL BEAUTY transposing th...
USPTO Is APPARITION Confusable with PHANTOM for Wine? – 2
APPARITION and PHANTOM are completely different words that otherwise share no similarities as to sound or appearance. In...
USPTO Is APPARITION Confusable with PHANTOM for Wine? – 1
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 Is BATTLE ROYALE GOLF Merely Descriptive of Golf Games?
However, if each component retains its merely descriptive significance in relation to the goods or services, the combina...
USPTO Clothing and Perfume are Related
The Application and Cited Registration identify goods that are not restricted by target market, price, or any other mann...