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    TTABlog Test: Are Supplements And Cosmetics Related For Section 2(d) Purposes?

    The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark NUNC for "Dietary supplements and nutritional supplements for promoting nutrition and health, excluding tablets and powdered mixes used to make beverages or drinks and excluding formulations for beauty enhancement".
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: Eight Section 2(d) Refusals (in Three Opinions), Two Refusals Reversed - Which Ones?

    Here are Board's three latest opinions in Section 2(d) appeals, involving a total of eight refusals (six in the second case).
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Appeals From 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Refusals Turn Out?

    The TTAB recently decided the appeals from three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below.
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals Turn Out?

    The TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below.
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: Is "DIGITAL VISUAL OBSERVER" Merely Descriptive Of Drone Managing And Tracking Software?

    The USPTO refused registration of the proposed mark DIGITAL VISUAL OBSERVER for software and hardware for managing...
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: Is ELLA FRESH & Design For Fruits And Vegetables Confusable With ELLA ROSE FARM For Flowers?

    The USPTO refused to register the mark ELLA FRESH in the design form shown below, for "fresh fruits and vegetables" [FRESH disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark ELLA ROSE FARM...
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: Is FETAL LIFE Merely Descriptive Of Fetal Health Signal Monitors?

    The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark FETAL LIFE for fetal health signal monitors and related goods, finding the mark to be merely descriptive under Section 2(e)(1).
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: Is "Pili" Deceptive For Cosmetics Not Containing Pili Oil?

    [This is a guest post written by Susmita A. Gadre, a litigation associate at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC].
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals

    A TTAB judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods or services
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    Two New Judges Appointed To Trademark Trial And Appeal Board

    Chief Judge Rogers has announced that two new Administrative Trademark Judges have been appointed to serve on the Trademark ...
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    Two Recent Concurrent Use Rulings From The TTAB

    Future Wolf Greenfield associate and soon-to-be Notre Dame Law School graduate Kira-Khan McCarthy is enjoying an externship this semester at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    USPTO Examination Guide 1-22: "Clarification Of Examination Evidentiary Standard For Marks Refused As Generic"

    The USPTO has issued Examination Guide 1-22, "Clarification of Examination Evidentiary Standard for Marks Refused as Generic." [pdf here].
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    USPTO Proposes To Remove Certain Rules Governing Trademark Interference Proceedings

    The USPTO has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (here) that would streamline the Trademark Rules of Practice by removing certain regulations concerning trademark interferences.
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    Webcast Of NUSL Panel Discussion: "The Original Sin Of Trademark Law: Failure To Function" (Nov. 5, 2019)

    Here is a link to the webcast recording of the November 5th panel discussion at Northeastern Law School, entitled "The Original Sin of Trademark Law: Failure to Function."
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    WYHA? "DIRTY LAUNDRY" For Clothing Confusable With "DIRTY LAUNDRY" For Footwear, Says TTAB

    The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark DIRTY LAUNDRY for "Hooded sweatshirts; Jackets; Jeans; Pants; Shirts; ...
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    WYHA? IZAKAYA KOPAN RAMEN & Design Confusable With Kopan For Restaurant Services, Says TTAB

    The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark IZAKAYA KOPAN RAMEN & Design (shown below) for restaurant services [IZAYAKA and RAMEN disclaimed],
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    WYHA? TTAB Affirms Requirement For Specificity Of Cable Clip Composition To Allow Proper Classification

    The Board affirmed a requirement that Applicant Northeastern University amend its identification of goods for the mark NORTHEASTERN by specifying the material composition of its "clips for electric charging cables" to allow proper classification
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    WYHA? TTAB Affirms Section 2(d) Refusal Of "B & Design" In View Of Identical Mark, Both For Headphones

    When an opinion in an ex parte appeal is only seven pages long, it's usually bad news for the applicant. Here, Applicant Solo Beats applied to register the mark shown below left, for "audio speakers...
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    WYHA? TTAB Affirms Section 2(d) Refusal Of "NATURES STAR HEMP" Over "NATURES-STAR & Design" For Personal Care Products

    In its 180th Section 2(d) affirmance this year (against 14 reversals), the Board upheld a refusal to register the mark NATURES STAR HEMP for skin and body topical lotions, creams, balms, and salves...
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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    WYHA? TTAB Rejects Applicant's Attack On Cited Registration That Was "Wrongly Issued"

    The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark WATER BABIES in the design form shown below, for various swimming instruction services
    United StatesIntellectual Property
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
    Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
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