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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld an en banc decision of the CAFC, ruling that the USPTO is not entitled to recover its attorney's fees in an appeal from an adverse USPTO decision...

Northeastern Law School and the Boston Intellectual Property Patent Law Society (BPLA)

The Trademark Reporter has published its Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases: "The Seventieth Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946," by Theodore H. Davis, Jr. and yours truly, John L. Welch.

The Trademark Reporter has published its latest Annual Review of U.S. Trademark Cases: "The Seventy-First Year of Administration of the Lanham Act of 1946

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark LETTERS & NUMBERS (in standard character form) on the Supplemental Register...

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark BEARPLAY for "magazine publishing; publication of entertainment magazines for gay men" on the ground that the specimens of use submitted by applicant...

In December 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed (in part) the district court's dismissal of a civil action for unfair competition, trademark dilution, and trademark infringement involving Defendant Meenakshi's three IDHAYAM marks registered for sesame seed oil.

The Board denied a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark THE NATURAL DOG FOOD MARKET & Design for "retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others,"...

The Board denied TMC's motion to re-open this 1997 concurrent use proceeding involving the mark ON THE RUN...

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-BEE) has scheduled two oral hearings for the month of March 2020. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison Building

In the twelfth Section 2(d) reversal of 2022 (versus 156 affirmances), the Board overturned a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark EPIGENE for "electronic database in the field of genes recorded on computer media.

Having grown up on the South Side of Chicago, not far from Comiskey Park, I never like to see the Cubs win at anything. Alas, the Northsiders successfully opposer an application to register the "C" design mark...

The USPTO refused registration of the mark OXZGEN for "[n]on-metal dosing caps for bottles; non-metal dispensing caps for containers," on the ground that applicant's specimens of use ...

The USPTO refused registration of the mark ALL IN ONE, finding it to be merely descriptive of "electric wall-mounted hand dryers."

The USPTO refused to register the mark CAREBOARD for computer hardware and software for monitoring hospital patients, staff, and equipment, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark ...

The USPTO refused registration of the mark FOUNDIT THEFT RECOVERY for "GPS tracking devices, namely, personal asset tracker, personal tracker, vehicle tracker", finding it likely to cause confusion...

The USPTO refused registration of the mark GUILTY OF EVERYTHING GOE for backpacks, clothing, and skateboards, finding the mark likely to cause confusion with the registered mark...

It has been said that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods or services.