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11/19/2021

http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/11/precedential-no-30-ttab-reverses.html

Because the ordinary American purchaser would not stop and translate a mark comprising words from different languages, the TTAB reversed a Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of TAVERNA COSTERA for “restaurant, cafe, and bar services.” The Board found that applicant’s mark, at most, s...

09/21/2021

http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/third-circuit-rules-that-ttab-decision.html

In 1969, David Beasley formed "The Ebonys" in Camden, New Jersey. The Ebonys were one of several bands that offered a style of rhythm and blues dubbed the "Philadephia Sound." William Howard joined the band in the mid-1990s. In 2012, Howard obtained a federal registration for the band name, without....

09/21/2021

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/09/contreras-ericsson-gentlemen.html

08/04/2020

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2020/08/infringement-essentiality-interesting.html

Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v. TCL Communication Technology, 19-2215 (Fed. Cir. 2020) After a seven-day trial, the jury sided with …

07/08/2020

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Hit Counter: Last Ten Posts Rejecting First Amendment Claim, TTAB Affirms Sect... NYIPLA Webinar July 23rd: Davis and Welch Review T... Supreme Court Sends BOOKING.COM Attorney's Fees Ru... Ruling That "generic.com" Terms May Be Registrable... TTAB Posts July 2020 (Video) Hearing Schedule TTABlog Qu...

06/30/2020

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2020/06/time-register-generic.html

United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) v. Booking.Com B.V. (Supreme Court 2020) [Full Decision PDF] In this trademark case, …

06/29/2020

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2020/06/vestigial-use.html

by Shubha Ghosh, Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director, Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute As companies voluntarily retire their offensive trademarks, two …

12/05/2019

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2019/11/doephetan.html

In Ajinomoto Co., Inc. v. Intl. Trade Commn., 932 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2019), the Federal Circuit affirmed an equivalents …

10/25/2019

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2019/10/claiming-process-principle.html

07/25/2019

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2019/07/manufacturers-locking-consumers.html

05/17/2019

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2019/05/federal-circuit-opinion-supreme.html

04/17/2019

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2019/04/advertisements-necessarily-constitute.html