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Strategic Considerations for Color Trademark Protection
18 Sep 2025 22:54 GMT
… recognition, but securing trademark protection for a color … the Federal Circuit and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) provide a salient … identifying function of a trademark. Before investing in … , see “Green Glove Trademark Application Gets Red Light …
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Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - September 2025
19 Sep 2025 16:52 GMT
… mark does not infringe on trademarks from Edible Arrangements, which … reversed a decision from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) dismissing Sunkist Growers Inc.… kist” trademark registration filed by Intrastate Distributors, Inc. (IDI). TTAB found …
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Supreme Court Asked to Revisit Trademark Functionality Test for Features Disclosed in Utility Patents
15 Sep 2025 22:04 GMT
… , it challenged CeramTec’s trademarks before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), arguing the color pink … was functional. The TTAB ruled in …
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Worried your trademark might be commercially and conceptually weak? Recent opinions by the trademark trial and appeal board indicate that could be advantageous.
26 Aug 2025 18:00 GMT
… you, the best trademarks are both creative and … unique. Such “strong” trademarks are more memorable and set … recent appeals before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), applicants for marks took … reverse refusals issued by trademark examiners. In the …
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F-Word as a Trademark? Federal Circuit Leaves the Door Open as it Vacates TTAB’s Decision
12 Sep 2025 23:47 GMT
… you about the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) refusing to register a trademark for the “F … be trademarked and others can’t.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark … too commonplace to trademark. He appealed to the TTAB, which affirmed the …
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TTAB Extends Deadline to File Answers
11 Sep 2025 01:27 GMT
… trial proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) instituted on or after … commitment to harmonizing its trademark procedures with international standards … the TTAB ensures consistency across domestic and international trademark practices. …
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Vetements Urges the Supreme Court to Reconsider Trademark Protection for Foreign Words
10 Sep 2025 15:45 GMT
… the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“TTAB”) decision that a mark … June 2020, Vetements filed two trademark applications for VETEMENTS for use … The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Examining Attorney refused …
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Not Clear Enough: The TTAB’s Standard for the Registrability of All-Purpose Word Marks Lacked Clarity
05 Sep 2025 21:01 GMT
… , and Reyna. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Federal Circuit vacated … remanded a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) refusing to register a commonplace …
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TTAB Extends Time to Respond to a Complaint (With a Caveat)
05 Sep 2025 09:16 GMT
… today from the USPTO, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has extended the time … to a complaint in a TTAB trial proceeding to sixty … initiation of a TTAB proceeding, the TTAB will issue an … period, however: “[t]he TTAB, after setting the initial 60 …
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Earmuffs, Kids: The Federal Circuit Delivers the F-bomb Right Back to the TTAB
03 Sep 2025 21:39 GMT
… pointed critique of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) reasoning and its implications … of immoral or scandalous trademarks violates the First Amendment. … Key Takeaways for Trademark Practitioners
Expect More Rigorous TTAB Analysis – Going …