The TTABlog

JUNE 21, 2021

Opposer James Barnard claimed prior use of the mark MANDALA for business consulting and branding services, and alleged likelihood of confusion with the Applicant's proposed mark MANDALAEVERYWEAR for marketing consulting services. Opposer Barnard claimed that he started using the MANDALA mark in 2019.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

129 USPQ2d 1148, 1149-50 (TTAB 2019)." Its intent that the phrase function as a service mark is irrelevant. The Board concluded that "get ordained" fails to function as a service mark for applicant's services, and so it sustained the opposition. Text Copyright John L. In re Eagle Crest Inc. ,

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Because Crossfirst's filing date was in 2019 and California's in 2017, California had priority. Of course, since the involved services are identical in part, the Board must presume that the channels of trade and classes of consumers for the identical services overlap. Text Copyright John L. Welch 2024.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2019, applicant effectively acquired the assets of opposer’s brass division and tubes manufacturing business. Applicant manufactures, advertises and sells, under the stylized HME mark, goods that opposer previously sold, to customers who previously were opposer’s customers in the United. Text Copyright John L.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

According to Lifestyle Equities, BHPC products that were lawfully made, advertised, and distributed in the United States with the permission of the US rights owner are being marketed and sold by Amazon in the United Kingdom and the European Union, which is a kind of counterfeiting.

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Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 59

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

According to Lifestyle Equities, BHPC products that were lawfully made, advertised, and distributed in the United States with the permission of the US rights owner are being marketed and sold by Amazon in the United Kingdom and the European Union, which is a kind of counterfeiting.

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Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 52