TTAB

January, 31st, 2018

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: branding, litigation, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

  By Mackenzie L. Long When you think of the Las Vegas Golden Knights hockey team do you think of the U.S. Army? In 2016 the National Hockey League (NHL) approved the expansion bid for [Read More…]

October, 31st, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, precedential, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

By Chelsea A. Russell In the digital age, it is commonplace for consumers to be familiar with companies and products not for sale in their country. The internet has created a market in which companies [Read More…]

October, 23rd, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: trademark, TTAB, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup has filed a trademark Notice of Opposition on behalf of its client Mirage Granito Ceramico SPA (“MGC”) with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Opp. No. 91237302. MGC is an Italian company which sells [Read More…]

October, 13th, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

By Walter B. Welsh A specimen showing a photographic depiction of a design mark satisfied use requirements for an applied-for line drawing despite apparent visual differences because the differences were inconsequential and did not change the [Read More…]

August, 8th, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, precedential, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

By Christopher J. Stankus On July 27, 2017, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded for reconsideration the TTAB’s finding that the mark EARNHARDT COLLECTION is not primarily merely a surname because it was unclear whether [Read More…]

July, 14th, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, litigation, precedential, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

By Chelsea A. Russell On June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court expanded trademark protection in its much-awaited ruling of Matel v. Tam, 582 US ___ (2017). The Lanham Act has long held that a trademark [Read More…]

June, 23rd, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, startup, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

By Christina L. Winsor Gene Simmons a/k/a “the Demon” and famous rocker of the band KISS filed a US Federal trademark application, Serial No. 87482739, on June 9, 2017 for “his” devil horns hand gesture [Read More…]

June, 7th, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, precedential, trademark, TTAB

By Michael J. Kosma In Joseph Phelps Vineyards, LLC v. Fairmont Holdings, LLC, [2016-1089] (May 24, 2017), the Federal Circuit was “perplexed” by the TTAB’s finding that Phelp’s INSIGNIA wine has no “fame,” giving no [Read More…]

April, 13th, 2017

Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, trademark, TTAB, USPTO

By Chelsea A. Russell Protecting fashion designs through intellectual property rights has always been an important aim of the fashion industry. When you think of knockoffs your mind immediately drawn to handbags, designer imitations, and [Read More…]