Dr. Roy Schestowitz February 7, 2022 12:51am TTABlog Test: Is "CRC BAKERY" Confusable with the "CRC" #Kosher Certification Mark, Both for Food Products? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/ttablog-test-is-crc-bakery-confusable.html #Trademarks #Trademark #TTAB #USPTO
Dr. Roy Schestowitz February 6, 2022 5:11pm "In January 2022, the #TTAB #trademark Board decided twenty-two (22) appeals from Section 2(d) refusals. It affirmed them all. Here are the first four Section 2(d) decisions of this month. Has the streak been broken? How do you think they turned out?" #Trademarks #Trademark http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/ttablog-test-how-did-these-four-section.html
Dr. Roy Schestowitz February 6, 2022 4:49pm "In October 2020, the #TTAB upheld failure-to-function refusals of the term .SUCKS in standard character and in stylized form (shown below), for domain registry services related to the #gTLD in the proposed mark." http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/cafc-affirms-ttab-sucks-stylized-fails.html
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 31, 2022 12:46am The TTABlog: Precedential No. 4: TTAB Finds Pastel Colors for Disposable Pipette Tips Both Nondistinctive and Functional ⚓ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/precedential-no-4-ttab-finds-pastel.html ䷉ #ttab #Trademarks #Trademark #uspto
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 30, 2022 9:24pm #TTAB Affirms Refusal to Register Handbag Shape: Generic and (Alternatively) Lacking Acquired Distinctiveness http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ttab-affirms-refusal-to-register.html #uspto #Trademark
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 30, 2022 3:48pm "Loukoumades are Greek pastries consisting of fried dough balls soaked in honey syrup and topped with cinnamon or walnuts." http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ttab-finds-lukumades-stylized-merely.html #ttab #uspto #trademark #monopoly #doughnuts
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 30, 2022 3:14pm #TTAB Posts February 2022 (Video) Final Hearing Schedule http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ttab-posts-february-2022-video-final.html #trademark #uspto
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 23, 2022 8:49pm Dictating #monopolies on words from dictionaries is a slippery slope for #trademark #law http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ttablog-test-is-floreo-spanish.html #trademarks #ttab
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 23, 2022 5:29pm LOL. PISSTERINE. Is someone taking the PI&&? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ttablog-test-is-pissterine-confusable.html #ttab #ustpo #trademark
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 23, 2022 4:03pm #SCOOPERFEST as #trademark http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/ttablog-test-is-scooperfest-confusable.html ##trademarks #ttab
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 16, 2022 2:41pm #TTAB #USPTO #trademark stats: " I counted 92 refusals, of which 84 were affirmed and 8 reversed. That's an affirmance rate of about 91.3%, a five-point rise from last year's 88%." http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/in-2021-how-often-did-ttab-affirm.html
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 16, 2022 2:26pm Precedential No. 1: #TTAB Sustains Spotify's Dilution-By-Blurring Claim Against #POTIFY for Clothing and Marijuana-Related Software and Services http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/precedential-no-1-ttab-sustains.html #Trademarks #Trademark
Dr. Roy Schestowitz January 16, 2022 3:46am Precedential No. 2: #TTAB Rejects Summary Judgment Motion Filed Three Days Too Late http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/precedential-no-2-ttab-rejects-summary.html #uspto #Trademark #Trademarks #Law
Dr. Roy Schestowitz December 19, 2021 7:20pm #TTAB : Three Recent Section 2(d) Inter Partes Cases - How Did They Come Out? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/ttablog-test-three-recent-section-2d.html #trademark #trademarks #uspto
Dr. Roy Schestowitz December 19, 2021 2:12pm #CAFC Affirms #TTAB : "BF-7" Registration for Nutritional Supplements Invalid Due to Non-Ownership http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/cafc-affirms-ttab-bf-7-registration-for.html #trademark #trademarks
Dr. Roy Schestowitz December 12, 2021 10:19pm Precedential No. 32: Color "Cream" for Guitar Pickups Lacks Acquired Distinctiveness, Says #TTAB http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/precedential-no-32-color-cream-for.html #trademark #trademarks
Dr. Roy Schestowitz December 12, 2021 10:10pm WYHA? #TTAB Finds "5 DAY FASTING DIET" Merely Descriptive of Nutritionally Balanced Prepared Meals http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/wyha-ttab-finds-5-day-fasting-diet.html #trademark #trademarks
Dr. Roy Schestowitz December 6, 2021 8:25am Precedential No. 31: #TTAB Affirms Section 2(a) Refusal of "NATO" for Tents, for Falsely Suggesting a Connection With ... Guess What? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/precedential-no-31-ttab-affirms-section.html
Dr. Roy Schestowitz December 6, 2021 8:16am "A #TTAB judge once told me that you can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time by just looking at the goods/services and the marks. I kid you not! Let's see how you do with the three cases summarized below. Answer(s) in the first comment." http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/precedential-no-31-ttab-affirms-section.html
Dr. Roy Schestowitz October 24, 2021 11:05am "The #TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. No hints this time. Let's see how you do with them. Answer will be found in the first comment." https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/trademark/1119868/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three-section-2e1-mere-descriptiveness-appeals-turn-out #Trademarks #Trademark TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals Turn Out? - Intellectual Property - United States The TTAB recently ruled on the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. No hints this time. Let's see how you do with them. Answer will be found in the first comment.