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 cannot now inhibit current and future public use of these varietal denominations because of its decision-making.
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