The TTABlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Board found opposer's mark to be "inherently distinctive and conceptually strong, of average commercial strength." And the parties’ market interface weighed slightly in favor of opposer "to the extent the parties acknowledged a need for Applicant to choose a non-confusingly similar mark."

Marketing 67

Marketing Marketing Ownership Registration 67

The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

33: "LOCH MOOSE MONSTER" Fends Off Monster Energy's Lack-of-Bona-Fide-Intent Summary Judgment Motion Nonuse/Specimen of Use: USPTO Issues Examination Guide 1-21: Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings Under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Precedential No. Lack of Bona Fide Intent: Precedential No.

Registration 64

Registration Cinema Trademark Reporting 64

Kashishipr

JULY 27, 2022

The acquired company remains intact but comes under new ownership. Through M&A and purchase of IP assets such as trademarks and copyright, a company gets pre-established policies, strategies, and resources to explore new areas, which helps reduce the cost of procedure or operation cost and other costs needed in the course of action. ?

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Artistic Work IP Marketing 52

43(B)log

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Giant agreement provided that the service mark “JADE” would be held exclusively by the Jade Group, that at no time would more than one member of the Jade Group appear on a non-Jade Group recording, and that no additional members would be added to the Jade Group without Giant’s consent.

False Advertising 57

False Advertising Ownership Service Mark Advertising 57

IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

Content marked as “editorial use only” is not cleared for commercial use, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards, particularly in cases involving celebrities, people without consent, and trademarks, logos and service marks.

Licensing 93

Licensing Advertising Advertising Copying 93

The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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." Although the third-party uses are not in the nature of trademarks, they are probative of consumer perception. The Board disagreed.

Law 52

Law Service Mark Registration Trademark 52

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

The TTABlog

JULY 2, 2024

11: TTAB Upholds 2(a) False Connection Refusal of LEATHERNECKS for Motorcycle Club Membership Section 2(c) - Consent of Living Individual Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Trademark Act’s “Names Clause” in Affirming Refusal to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL Section 2(d) - Likelihood of Confusion: TTABlog Test: Is HOLLYWOOD COFFEE CO.

Registration 67

Registration Ownership Trademark Reporting 67