The TTABlog

MAY 29, 2024

Last year, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark A S LIVE FOREVER , in the stylized form shown below, for various goods in 14 classes, finding that the phrase fails to function as a trademark. 87405211, 2019 WL 6245131, at *4 (TTAB 2019) (internal punctuation omitted). TTABlogged here ].

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Service Mark Branding Brands Branding 113

The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Furthermore, Nollywood actress Ann Njemanze sued famous filmmaker Zeb Ejiro and Filmone Entertainment and Film Trybe Media for infringing on her copyright and trademark of “DOMITILLA”. Things, however, took a different turn in when Njemanze's application and registration of Domittila as a trademark were revoked by the Trademark Tribunal.

IP 81

IP Service Mark Cease and Desist Registration 81

The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

129 USPQ2d 1148, 1149-50 (TTAB 2019)." Applicant's use of the "TM" symbol does not transform the phrase into a trademark. Its intent that the phrase function as a service mark is irrelevant. And so, the Board concluded that GET ORDAINED is merely descriptive of applicant's services, and lacks acquired distinctiveness.

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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

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for cancellation of that registration on the ground of likelihood of confusion. 91244990 (December 14, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark A. In any case, UNIP's evidence showed that the assignor continued to use the mark prior to the assignment.

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Law Registration Service Mark Litigation 67

The TTABlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Board found that Applicant's specimen of use "does not reflect that consumers of Applicant's services will perceive [either mark] as trademarks indicating. television entertainment services." In re DePorter , 129 USPQ2d 1298, 1299 (TTAB 2019) (citing 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, 1052, and 1127). Serial Nos.

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Television Designs Design Service Mark 60

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.,

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Marketing Marketing Ownership Registration 67