Precedential No. 34: "IFG" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Live Plants Because It's a Varietal Name
The TTABlog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
As to the third question, the Board concluded that applicant's ownership of a registration for IFG for partly identical goods ("live plants, namely, table grape vines, cherry trees") did not alter the result here. Applicant could have chosen a designation other than IFG to associate as a brand name and file for trademark protection.
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