The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Stephen further stated that he was in the process of registering the word for advertising and media business with the aim of providing marketing, branding, and related services, there was a lot of interest in the possibility of registering such a term. Should it not be the chant that may be copyright-protected as a musical work?]

IP 81

IP Service Mark Cease and Desist Registration 81

The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

129 USPQ2d 1148, 1149-50 (TTAB 2019)." Its intent that the phrase function as a service mark is irrelevant. The Board concluded that "get ordained" fails to function as a service mark for applicant's services, and so it sustained the opposition. Would you have applied for registration? Welch 2022.

Service Mark 73

Service Mark Advertising Advertising Registration 73

The TTABlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

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.

Designs 64

Designs Design Registration Service Mark 64

The TTABlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In an exhaustive and exhausting decision, the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark HME in the stylized from shown below, for various types of pipes and other building products, finding confusion likely with opposer's mark KME for overlapping goods. KME Germany GmbH v. Zhejiang Hailiang Co.,

Marketing 67

Marketing Marketing Ownership Registration 67

The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Board dismissed an opposition to registration of SPLIT DECISION for "Entertainment services in the nature of live visual and audio performances, namely, musical rock band," finding that Opposer Billy Stott failed to carry his burden to prove that Applicant Split Decision Music, LLC was not the owner of the mark.

Ownership 64

Ownership Editing Music Service Mark 64

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

They are marketed through different, yet related, channels of trade (sports and entertainment, which were melded together as ESPN’s original name ). Here in a nutshell is the query the Court addressed: 16 Under Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001, trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character shall not be registered.

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Trademark Registration Music Intellectual Property 52