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"When I was 17, it was a very good year." At least for the TTABlog. Let's hope this coming year is better for everyone. The blog debuted on November 8, 2004, with a post entitled "Leo Stoller Loses Again.

One doesn't hear much about the outcome of reexamination petitions. I came across this denial of a petition involving alleged nonuse of the mark shown below, for pet accessories...

In case you missed it, or (for some unfathomable reason) you want to hear it again, yesterday's webcast entitled "TTAB Update: Rules, Rulings, and Ruminations" may be downloaded here.

In her article, "Using Failure to Function Doctrine to Protect Free Speech and Competition in Trademark Law," Professor Lisa P. Ramsey of the University of San Diego School...

John L. Welch's article titled "TTAB reverses refusal to register Starbucks' green circle on white cup, but green circle alone lacks acquired distinctiveness" ...

Examining Attorney Kevin G. Crennan provided evidence that applicant, on packaging for its own products in strip form and containing the same active ingredient as the liquid or gel, states that those product...

ABA-IPL Section and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host the 7th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark Day on Wednesday

On Thursday, October 8th at 1PM, Yours Truly, The TTABlogger, will venture into the virtual wilderness of Ohio to present a webinar entitled "Meanwhile, Back at the TTAB,"...

The CAFC gave this applicant the boot in its appeal from the TTAB's decision affirming a Section 2(e)(2) geographical descriptiveness refusal of PARMA COFFEE for, inter alia...

The annual meeting of the Boston Patent Law Association will be held on December 7th from 11:30 to 1PM at The State Room, 60 State Street, Boston. (register here).

Stepping into the 21st Century, the Boston Patent Law Association yesterday approved by an overwhelming vote, an amendment to its By-Laws to change the...

As a companion piece, of sorts, to the upcoming TTABlog webinar, here is a collection (in outline form) of the precedential rulings by the CAFC and the TTAB since July 2017.

In a Section 1071 review of the Board's decision in In re Booking.com B.V., Serial No. 79114998 (February 18, 2016) [not precedential]...

The USPTO has issued its final regulations under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020.The new rules go into effect on December 18, 2021, except for the implementation of the shorter response period for office actions, ...

I have again reviewed the TTAB's FOIA page in order to estimate the percentage of Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that were affirmed by the Board during the last calendar year (2019).

INTA will hold its first virtual Pro Bono Legal Clinic on June 15, 2021, from 11:00 am–12:00 pm. Applicant and volunteer information may be found here, including an application form and a pro bono toolkit.

"Conventional wisdom" says that the number of available trademarks is infinite, or nearly so. Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne C. Fromer of New York University School of Law challenge that assertion in their enlightening article...