IP Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a precedential decision finding dilution by blurring and sustaining two oppositions filed by Spotify AB against two marijuana-related trademark applications. On January 11, the U.S. Applicant U.S. Software Inc.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 21, 2023

Coulter Ventures, LLC , Oppositions Nos. 91233515 (parent), 91233516, 91233517, 91242202, and 91252191 (August 7, 2023) , the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) shed light on the procedural intricacies of expert reports. Accordingly, the TTAB noted, “a sur-sur-rebuttal should never be necessary.”

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) accusing the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and its management of facilitating the appearance of bias at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in favor of Apple, Inc., Apple has now filed its opposition to that motion.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential trademark decision upholding a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruling that sustained two oppositions filed by Barclays Capital Inc. against Tiger Lily Ventures’ applications for registration of the standard character mark “LEHMAN BROTHERS.”

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On October 27, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) cancellation of Brooklyn Brew Shop, LLC’s (BBS) standard character mark and dismissed in part, affirmed in part and remanded the TTAB’s decision regarding the opposition of BBS’s mark.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new pilot program for holding Final Pretrial Conferences (FPC) in certain inter partes disputes (i.e., oppositions and cancellations) before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). § 2.120(a), but has had no equivalent to the FPC.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) requests that the appellant, Charles Bertini, be allowed to present evidence not of record in order to demonstrate that bias at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) may have had a negative impact on his case. He began using the mark well before that, in 1985.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2021

trademark opposition proceedings can be done within budget. TTAB proceedings have a reputation for being extremely costly and time consuming. Depending on your goals, it is possible to favorably resolve a TTAB contested proceeding in a relatively short amount of time and within a reasonable budget. Jurisdiction.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Hook ’em Horns of the University of Texas earned a big win in a recent trademark opposition proceeding. This is an interesting sports trademark case. The notice of opposition grounds included a likelihood of confusion, false suggestion of a connection, and dilution. UT relied on its Reg.

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