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September 30th was the last day of the USPTO fiscal year. Here are three of the five TTAB decisions issued on that day in Section 2(d) appeals.

A (currently serving) TTAB Administrative Trademark Judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal 95%

This week, the TTAB decided the appeals from the three Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion refusals summarized below. ...

[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.]

The cited mark could be depicted in the same stylization as applicant's mark.

In a nonprecedential disposition, the CAFC upheld the TTAB's decision [pdf here] granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark ETHIK CLOTHING CO. & Design for various clothing items.

In a nonprecedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's decision (here) upholding a refusal to register the term MAGNESITA for refractory bricks and related products, ...

In a non-precedential opinion, the CAFC upheld the Board's decision affirming a Section 2(e)(5) functionality refusal of of the packaging designs shown below for "electric cables and wire.

On January 18, 2022, the CAFC denied Appellant Brooklyn Brewery's petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in the recent Brooklyn Brewery case.

You will recall that in Peter v. Nantkwest, 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In a brief, nonprecedential opinion, the CAFC affirmed the TTAB's decision of November 23, 2018 (pdf here) granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark MOBILEBLACKBOX...

The CAFC vacated the TTAB's decision affirming a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY & Design for "mortgage banking services.

In its decision (here) finding likelihood of confusion between the mark IBKÜL (stylized) and the mark KÜHL, both for clothing items, the Board considered only one of four of Alfwear's registered marks.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina dismissed Princeton Vanguard's civil action seeking review of the TTAB's September 6, 2017...

Peloton Cold Brew filed a civil action for review of an adverse TTAB decision, under Section 1071(b) of the Trademark Act. [Complaint here]. The Board had entered judgment against Cold Brew as a discovery sanction [here],...

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Judge Liam O'Grady) affirmed the TTAB's decision of January 20, 2020, dismissing a petition for cancellation of a registration of the mark SHUSTOV & Design …

Fellow Meet-the-Blogger Erik Pelton once again provides a report (here) on the latest meeting of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (a/k/a TPAC).

Last week, the Federal Circuit issued its opinion on remand in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., holding that the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA)...