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TTAB Dismisses MANDALAEVERYWEAR Opposition; Opposer Proved Prior Advertisement But Not Prior Rendering of Services

The TTABlog

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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"GET ORDAINED" Fails to Function as a Source Indicator for Ordination-Related Services, Says TTAB

The TTABlog

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. In re Eagle Crest Inc. ,

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Trade marks

The IPKat

Stephen further stated that he was in the process of registering the word for advertising and media business with the aim of providing marketing, branding, and related services, there was a lot of interest in the possibility of registering such a term. Should it not be the chant that may be copyright-protected as a musical work?]

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TTABlog Test: Is CROSSFIRST BANK & Circle Design Confusable with Banc of California's RIng Design?

The TTABlog

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.

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Precedential No. 29: After an Exhausting 2(d) Analysis, TTAB Finds HME (Stylized) Confusable with KME for Building Products

The TTABlog

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. Zhejiang Hailiang Co.,

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Amazon wins trademark case

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

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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Amazon wins trademark case

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

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.