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CAFC Affirms Cancellation of CAPTAIN CANNABIS Registration: Petitioner Established Priority Via Analogous Trademark Use

The TTABlog

In a non-precedential ruling, the CAFC affirmed the TTAB's decision [ TTABlogged here ], granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner Laverne J. Andrusiek's identical common law mark, also for comic books.

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Precedential No. 22: TTAB Grants Petition to Cancel CHENOA FUND Registration for Mortgage Services Due to Non-Ownership

The TTABlog

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark shown below for mortgage financing services, finding that Petitioner CBC Mortgage was the first and only user of the mark for those services. of Veterinary Sports Med. & Rehab. 3d 1023, 123 USPQ2d 1024, 1028 (Fed. Welch 2022.

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Finding MRS. COLORADO Use-less, TTAB Grants Petition for Cancellation

The TTABlog

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark MRS. COLORADO , finding that Respondent Abundance Productions had not used the mark in commerce in connection with "Entertainment in the nature of beauty pageants" on or before the filing date of the underlying application. Emphasis supplied].

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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction A mark represents the institution or company to which it belongs and serves as a means of differentiating goods or services among individuals. Marks can be of various types i.e., word marks, service marks, logos, symbols, series marks, etc [1]. Lal Babu Priyadarshi [9]. 1] Acharya, M.

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TTABlog Test: Is CROSSFIRST BANK & Circle Design Confusable with Banc of California's RIng Design?

The TTABlog

Banc of California petitioned to cancel a registration for the mark shown below left, on the ground of likely confusion with its registered mark shown below right, both for, inter alia , banking services. Since both parties rely on issued registrations, priority was an issue in this proceeding. Cancellation No.

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TTAB Confirms Characters Can Be Registered as Trademarks If The Characters Function as Trademarks

LexBlog IP

In doing so the Board held that video game characters are not per se registrable without a showing that they function as marks. Color was not claimed as part of the mark. [1] ” Instead, Applicant argued that any display of the character on the specimens submitted to support registration suffices to show use as a trademark.

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The Third Circuit Limits Preclusive Effect of the TTAB Rulings

LexBlog IP

In 1997, Beasley obtained a New Jersey state service mark for THE EBONYS. Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”) (THE EBONYS, Registration No. 4,170,469 [the “’469 mark”]). Howard joined the band in the mid-1990s and performed with it for several years. The petition was denied.