LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 21, 2021
On December 10, 2021, the TTAB issued a precedential decision reminding trademark practitioners and applicants that service mark use requires that an applicant actually render the services recited in the trademark application; mere preparation to render the services is insufficient. 10, 2021).
Above the Fold
DECEMBER 21, 2021
On December 10, 2021, the TTAB issued a precedential decision reminding trademark practitioners and applicants that service mark use requires that an applicant actually render the services recited in the trademark application; mere preparation to render the services is insufficient. 10, 2021).
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IP Intelligence
JANUARY 4, 2022
If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Suuberg , at p.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 4, 2022
If you desire to register a service mark asserting use that is preparatory for the rendering of your services, your application will fail in the U.S. Instead, the services must be actually rendered in connection with the mark for a registration to be granted. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ” Id.
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with the Applicant's proposed mark MANDALAEVERYWEAR for marketing consulting services. 91252489 (June 16, 2021) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Frances S. Welch 2021.
The TTABlog
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Applicant Suuberg made preparatory measures to use the mark but never rendered the services before her filing date. 88234650 (December 10, 2021) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Albert Zervas). The CAFC declared that "an applicant’s preparations to use a mark in commerce are insufficient to constitute use in commerce.
43(B)log
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
PureThink, LLC, 2021 WL 2483778, No. May 18, 2021) Neo4j specializes in graph database management systems. Summary judgment granted on state and federal false advertising claims. Relief: Given the First Amendment interests involved, the Court “may not enjoin nominative use of the mark altogether.” Neo4j, Inc.
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