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"Here comes the thirteenth DuPont Factor." The Board reversed Section 2(d) refusals of the marks GAIA, GAIA KIDS, GAIA HERBS (Stylized), and GAIA HERBS (standard characters), all for supplements...

The USPTO is seeking applications for the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

The USPTO is seeking applications for the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The announcement is open until

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.

The TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below.

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark APPARATUS in the stylized from shown below, finding it merely descriptive of lamps and lighting fixtures, candles, electrical repair services...

In a case "on all fours" with the Board's recent Stanley Bros. decision (TTABlogged here), the Board affirmed a refusal to register the purported mark CB2GO for...

We haven't had a failure-to-function case in a while. Here, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark BUILT BY GOD for various clothing items, finding that the phrase fails to function...

At the request of the USPTO [letter here], the CAFC has re-designated as precedential its January 14th opinion in In re Siny Corp., upholding the decision of a divided TTAB panel.

In this rather quixotic appeal, the CAFC upheld the TTAB's decision of August 2, 2016 [TTABlogged here], dismissing two oppositions to registration of the mark SCHLAFLY for beer.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's decision [here]

The CAFC dismissed an appeal from a Board decision (here) that had dismissed a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark ...

In a non-precedential ruling, the CAFC upheld the TTAB's decision (here) denying a petition for cancellation of a General Motors registration for the mark SUPER CRUISE for "computer software, cameras...

Those obnoxious Chicago Cubs are back again, this time successfully opposing an application to register the mark CUBNOXIOUS for "shirts."

The Board dismissed this petition for cancellation of Roman Atwood's registration for the mark SMILE MORE for various goods (stickers, backpacks, shirts) and for retail store service featuring clothing, denying petitioner's claim that the term fails to function as a mark.

Despite a consent agreement between Applicant and the cited Registrant, the Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark NORDIC in the stylized form below...

O&M Halyard brought a civil action against Sri Trang US, Inc., claiming trademark infringement and dilution of two registered trademarks for medical gloves, one mark consisting of the color purple...

A fairly straightforward Section 2(d) case like this one usually results in an opinion of 15 or 20 pages. This one took 42 pages because it lays out each argument...