The TTABlog

AUGUST 18, 2022

Respondent TMRR created and promoted the mark but it did not use the mark in rendering mortgage services, nor was it permitted to do so by the agreement between the parties. 92076723 (August 15, 2022) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Michael B. In deciding the issue of ownership, the Board was guided by Lyons v.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Harwood International Incorporated , 2022 USPQ2d 862 (TTAB 2022) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge David K. TMEP Section 903.06 (2022). Several press releases were issued at that time, but they did not constitute service mark use. And so it found that JNF had failed to prove prior service mark use.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In re Pound Law, LLC , 2022 USPQ2d 1062 (TTAB 2022) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. The Board observed that, as made clear by the Trademark Act, the USPTO "is statutorily constrained to register matter on the Principal Register if and only if it functions as a mark." In re Brunetti , 2022 USPQ3d 764, at *9.

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