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Precedential No. 17: TTAB Finds Hotel Shape Not Inherently Distinctive and Lacking in Acquired Distinctiveness

The TTABlog

The Board upheld the USPTO's refusals to register the two proposed marks shown below, for "hotel services; provision of conference, exhibition, and meeting facilities," finding that the building designs are not inherently distinctive and lack secondary meaning. In re Palacio Del Rio, Inc. Serial Nos. See In re Frankish Enters.

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