In this concurrent use proceeding, Hanscomb Consulting, Inc.
("HCI") sought a concurrent use registration for the mark
HANSCOMB CONSULTING & Design (shown below) for
various business services, covering the entire United States except
for two geographical areas (Hinsdale, Illinois and Los Angeles,
California). HCI conceded that Hanscomb Limited ("HL")
owns an application to register HANSCOMB for
identical services and that HL may have common law rights in those
two locations. The Board, however, found that HC has prior rights
in "many more locales throughout the country" and
therefore that HCI was not entitled to the concurrent use
registration it sought. Hanscomb Consulting, Inc. v. Hanscomb
Limited, Concurrent Use No. 94002720 (February 26, 2020)
[precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas W. Wellington).
