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Finding that the term #MAGICNUMBER108 fails to function as a trademark for shirts, the TTAB affirmed a refusal to register under Sections 1, 2, and 45 of the Lanham Act.

[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a rising-3L at University of Notre Dame Law School.] In this cancellation proceeding involving a registration for the mark SOFT COAG

Erik Brunetti, famous in the trademark world for knocking the scandalous and immoral provision of Section 2(a) out of the Lanham Act [TTABlogged here], returned...

The USPTO refused registration of I'M SMOKING HOT for cosmetics, makeup, and other personal care products

In a less than scintillating ruling, the Board order consolidation of two oppositions involving the same marks and parties ...

In yet another precedential decision dealing with the January 2017 rule changes, the Board rejected Opposer Asustek's motion for reconsideration of an order denying its motion to compel discovery responses as untimely:

Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., suffered a TTAB t.k.o. (trademark knock-out) in his bout to register the phrase PAST PRESENT FUTURE for "T-shirts."...

In a less than scintillating but precedential ruling, the Board affirmed two refusals to register VIRTUAL INDEPENDENT PARALEGALS for "paralegal services; providing medical record summaries,

In this consolidated cancellation proceeding involving registrations for the marks MONSTER SEAL A FLAT, MONSTER UP, and UNLEASH THE BEAST for "tire sealing compound ...

Professor J. Thomas McCarthy has provided to me his comments on the CAFC's October 27, 2021 decision in the Brooklyn Brewery case, in which the appellate court largely affirmed the TTAB's denial...

Reversing the TTAB's June 19, 2017 decision, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the mark VAGISAN for various feminine hygiene products likely to cause confusion with the registered mark...

The U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Plaintiff LFI's motion for summary judgment in this action for trademark infringement involving Defendant's use of the mark LEXINGTON for home textiles.

The Board sustained these consolidated oppositions to registration of STILL SPOONING for "Custom imprinting of flatware and fishing lures"...

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the design mark shown below, finding that the design is a graphic tool used by DJs to discern harmonic compatability, and does not function as a trademark

American Airlines applied to register the mark RENOAIR for "air transport of passengers, cargo and freight" under Section 2(f) of the Lanham Act.

In failure-to-function cases, the key question is how the alleged mark will be perceived by relevant consumers.

The Board affirmed a bifusal of the mark BOCCA DOLCE for "chocolate confections," upholding the USPTO's requirement of a disclaimer of DOLCE and finding a likelihood of confusion...

In a case decided under the TTAB's ACR regime, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of Nema Foods' twenty-year old registration for the mark SEYIDOGLU (in standard form)