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

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

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).

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

Joinder may allow a party to challenge patent claims with an IPR even if the one-year time bar in Section 315(b) would otherwise preclude the party from filing a petition for IPR.

There used to be a time when an individual inventor might come up with the most brilliant invention and patent it, only to have some unscrupulous company employ that invention...

The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark DIRTY LAUNDRY for "Hooded sweatshirts; Jackets; Jeans; Pants; Shirts; ...

When a Section 2(d) refusal is affirmed in an opinion of a mere eight pages, that case is a prime candidate for the "WYHA?" label.

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark IZAKAYA KOPAN RAMEN & Design (shown below) for restaurant services [IZAYAKA and RAMEN disclaimed],

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

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...

An article written by Greg Corbett and Marie McKiernan titled "Impact and 'Unintended Benefits' of the Federal Circuit's Suspension of In-Person Oral Arguments" was...

The Board affirmed refusals of the mark SOUTHFACE VILLAGE, in standard character and design form, for "building construction; residential ...

On October 30, 2023, the White House published the "Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence" ("Order").

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the mark THERAFIT for "bed sheets," agreeing with Examining Attorney David I that applicant's specimen

This guest post was written by Stephanie Grace Stella, an associate in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

The TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them. Answer will be found in the first comment.

The September-October issue of The Trademark Reporter [pdf of full issue here] includes Daniel R. Bereskin's article on Trademark Rights ...

The USPTO has extended the time to file certain patent and trademark-related documents and to pay certain required fees, which otherwise would have been due between ..

[This guest post was written by Kira-Khanh McCarthy, a law clerk in the Trademark Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.].