The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here are three recent TTAB rulings, each sustaining an opposition based upon non-use of the opposed service mark. For a service mark, the services must be rendered in order to qualify as "use in commerce" as defined in Section 45 of the Lanham Act. Don't try to register a use-less mark? PayNearMe, Inc.

Service Mark 60

Service Mark Registration Technology Designs 60

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. regarding the copyright for the film “De Dhakka.”

Cinema 83

Cinema Copyright Blogging Registration 83

The TTABlog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Applicant UNIP (apparently owned in part by LeBron James) counterclaimed for cancellation of that registration on the ground of likelihood of confusion. 91244990 (December 14, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark A. TM) Text Copyright John L. Game Plan, Inc. Game Plan, Inc. Uninterrupted IP, LLC , Opposition No.

Law 67

Law Registration Service Mark Litigation 67