Precedential No. 34: "IFG" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Live Plants Because It's a Varietal Name
The TTABlog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Thus, when a purchaser asks for any of Applicant’s patented or PVP protected goods, it “has no other name to use but its designated name.” Applicant could have chosen a designation other than IFG to associate as a brand name and file for trademark protection. Pennington Seed , 80 USPQ2d at 1762. Welch 2022.
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