USPTO Cognac Institute’s Opposition to COLOGNE & COGNAC ENTERTAINMENT
The stacked alliterative phrase, COLOGNE & COGNAC, appears prominently above the smaller and merely descriptive or gener...
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USPTO Is TENNISOS Merely Descriptive of Robotic Systems Software Platforms?
The fact that no one may previously have used “TENNIS” and “OS” together before does not mean that the combined term can...
USPTO Is SEXTO for Alcoholic Beverages Confusable with THE SEXTON for Whiskey?
In every inter partes case, the plaintiff must establish its entitlement to have invoked the statutory proceeding it fil...
USPTO STROLL TO THE POLLS Fails to Function as a Trademark for Clothing
Notwithstanding Applicant’s apparent intent that the phrase function as a mark, the evidence of record shows that the pr...
USPTO Are Mugs and Drinking Straw Cleaning Brushes Related?
When comparing the goods, the question is whether the goods are related in some manner, or that the conditions and activ...
USPTO DESPACITO Registrant Defeats Section 14(6) Claim by Proving Excusable Nonuse
Petitioner has established a prima facie case of abandonment under Trademark Act Section 45. However, our finding that R...
USPTO TTAB finds Unamimous Podcast and UNAMIMOUS GAMES similar
The stylized microphone seems to us to highlight only that Applicant’s service is a podcast, which involves audio (and s...
USPTO The first Dupont factor weighs in favor of likelihood of confusion
The oval design feature of Applicant’s mark that surrounds the word DSU and frames it, forming a background, does not di...
USPTO GHOSTWRITTEN INC. Not Proven Merely Descriptive of Publication of E-books and Blog Posts
Consumers cannot be expected to immediately understand the significance of GHOSTWRITTEN INC. in connection with the reci...
USPTO Despite 18 years of Sales, LED Configuration Lacks Acquired Distinctiveness
Applicant bears the burden of proving acquired distinctiveness. To show that a proposed mark has acquired distinctivenes...