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Finding MRS. COLORADO Use-less, TTAB Grants Petition for Cancellation

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92071814 (March 8, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Melanye K. Abundance had a license from Mrs. Patricia Dampier to use the mark MRS. COLORADO for its beauty pageant, but that license was terminated in 2015. Respondent was permitted to use the mark until December 2017. Welch 2024. Intermed Comms.,

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Print-on-Demand Services Face More Legal Woes–Canvasfish v. Pixels

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However, it does sell, manufacture, and print the same type of goods that are directly covered by Canvasfish’s registered service mark… Canvasfish has a registered mark for an online store that sells prints, boat wraps, phone cases, drinkware and various other products bearing DeYoung’s artwork and registered mark.

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Federal Circuit on TM Law’s Information Matter Doctrine

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2023/2024) In a non-precedential 2023 decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) refusing to register “ Everybody vs Racism ” as a trademark for apparel, tote bags, and services promoting racial justice advocacy. In re GO & Associates , 22-1961 (Fed. See, TMEP § 1202.04(b)

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At USPTO's Request, CAFC Re-designates as Precedential Its EVERYBODY VS RACISM Failure-to-Function Affirmance

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14, 2023, re-designated as precedential, January 22, 2024). The CAFC observed that "[i]f the nature of a proposed mark would not be perceived by consumers as identifying the source of a good or service, it is not registrable," citing TMEP § 1202.04(b) 2022-1961 (Fed. The TMEP is not the law - ed. ].

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