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Finally another decision that simply assumes a likelihood of confusion. The EUIPO Board of Appeal grants the opposition by the earlier Swedish word mark ELON against the application...

On August 21, 2014, Shaw Industries Group, Inc. and Columbia Insurance Company, brought a trademark infringement action against Carlisle Wide Plank Floors Inc.

EPO oppositions remain one of the most powerful tools for challenging the validity of a European patent after grant. They offer a centralised and cost-effective route to attack any European patent with effect across...

The EPO has announced that AI will be used to prepare the minutes of oral proceedings for all examination and opposition oral proceedings...

The TTAB highlighted several pitfalls surrounding the proper submission of declarations and exhibits during the testimony period.

The Applicant filed for MARSHLAND for FABRIC sold as an integral component of finished clothing items. The TTAB refused registration based on MARSHLANDER for rain coats and other rain resistant clothing items.

The University of Pittsburgh is just one college who attempted to update its intellectual property assignment processes with an eye directly on the ruling in Stanford v. Roche.

This episode is about Fairway Fox and their case before the TTAB, where we learn about the importance of knowing the true owners of rights. Then we hear from Ed Timberlake and his passion for trademark prosecution. And finally, we tell you more about Google, the right to be forgotten and the recent decision of the European Court of Justice.

Fashionistas can rejoice now that the Second Circuit has overturned the District Court’s ruling that would have stripped Louboutin of its trademarked Red Sole Shoe.

In response to the exponential growth of domain name registrations, and the resulting increase in actions brought under the ICANN's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has proposed a low-cost "fast track" option for a streamlined UDRP process.

The ITC is an independent federal agency with authority to investigate trademark and other IP infringement claims.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed, without opinion, an obviousness rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of claims to a crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich in which outer layers of peanut butter encapsulated the jelly and the edges of the bread were compressed to prevent leakage.

On Tuesday, the Federal Circuit overturned a U.S. Patent and Trademark decision holding that a hospital’s trademark for a residential, health improvement program can co-exist with a mark used for a research foundation’s fitness program.

InTiger Lily Ventures Ltd. v. Barclays Capital Inc., Nos. 2021-1107, 2021-1228 (Fed. Cir. June. 1, 2022), the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's decision sustaining Barclays' opposition against Tiger ...

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision affirming an examining attorney's refusal to register the word "FUCK" as a trademark...

In Apex Bank v. CC Serve Corp., No. 2023-2143 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2025), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a TTAB decision refusing to register Apex's trademark based on likelihood of confusion.

On July 16, 2015 Scott Slavick's article, "Fee-shifting or fundamental fairness? You decide." was published on InsideCounsel.com.