LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2024

We presented a webinar last week entitled How to Win Your Next Trademark Battle: Lessons Learned in 2023 to give brand owners and their lawyers an overview of key takeaways from last year’s trademark cases. misuse of their trademarks when drafting license or distribution agreements with non-U.S. defendants.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Section 2(a) - Deceptiveness: TTAB Affirms Section 2(a) Deceptiveness Refusal of SMART SUTURE for Bandages Section 2(a) - False Suggestion of a Connection : Precedential No. 31: TTAB Affirms Section 2(a) Refusal of "NATO" for Tents, for Falsely Suggesting a Connection With. & Design" for Beer? Guess What? Guess What?

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent and is therefore barred from registration by Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Tempting Brands Netherlands B.V. 2021 USPQ2d 164 (TTAB 2021) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. 2021 USPQ2d 1191 (TTAB 2021) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark Lebow). A single-color mark on a product design is registrable only upon a showing of acquired distinctiveness. The United States Olympic Committee v.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

SS Vape Brands, Inc. Opposition No. If that were the case, having a famous mark would entitle the owner to a right in gross, and that is against the principles of trademark law." The vape/smoke shops offer Opposer’s MONSTER and MONSTER ENERGY beverages in coolers displaying third-party brand names (e.g., TTABlogged here.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A step-by-step guide to the trademark Registration process and timelines. Jump to: Trademark Timeline Overview. Q: What happens once I file a trademark application? Trademark Intake Form. Trademark Search. Trademark Application Preparation. Third-party Opposition. trademark TIMELINE OVERVIEW.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 6, 2022

This consolidated opposition proceeding featured two companies battling over rights to the same marks for Albanian brandy. 2022 USPQ2d 292 (TTAB 2022) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Marc A. 124 USPQ2d 1028, 1033-34 (TTAB 2017). 1 USPQ2d 1139, 1142 (TTAB 1986). 2021 USPQ2d 831, at *18 (TTAB 2021). ADOL Sh.p.k.

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