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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...
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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...
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Clothing and Perfume are Related

The Application and Cited Registration identify goods that are not restricted by target market, price, or any other mann...
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Is “GREEN COLLECTIVE” Merely Descriptive of Kitchen Utensils?

The combined terms GREEN and COLLECTIVE are merely descriptive if the individual components retain their descriptive mea...
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Is WORLDWIDECRYPTO Merely Descriptive of Cryptocurrency Exchange Services?

The combination of these individual words into the composite WORLDWIDECRYPTO does not create a unique, incongruous or no...
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Refusal of the mark LITTLE MEXICO for “Take-out restaurant services” [MEXICO disclaimed]

Considering the marks in their entireties, we acknowledge that the marks have some dissimilarities in sound and appearan...
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Extensive Third-Party Use of “SIDECAR”

Commercial strength is a question of “whether consumers in fact associate the … mark with a unique source.” Evidence of ...
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Prove Distinctiveness of its Common Law Mark – 2

Factors to be considered in determining whether acquired distinctiveness has been established include whether there is a...
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Prove Distinctiveness of its Common Law Mark – 1

In sum, we find that Opposer’s evidence of use of PCS prior to Applicant’s December 13, 2018, constructive date of first...
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Mere Descriptiveness Refusal of “THE TRAVELING PAWTOGRAPHERS” for Pet Portrait Photography Services

Based on the evidence of record, we agree with the Examining Attorney that PAWTOGRAPHER refers to a pet photographer, an...