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2022-09-23: Updated: 2022-09-23 17:26:12 TTAB Precedent: Petitioner Fails To Prove Use Analogous To Trademark Use

By Nikki Siesel

2022-06-23: Updated: 2022-06-23 12:54:54 TTAB Denies Cancellation Petition – Failure to Prove Fraud and Trademark Abandonment

By Nikki Siesel

2022-05-18: Updated: 2022-05-18 17:35:58 Third-Party Use Evidence Causes TTAB To Reverse Two Refusals

By Nikki Siesel

2022-01-20: Updated: 2022-01-20 17:40:31 Trademarks That Misdescribe The Goods Or Services

By Nikki Siesel

2021-11-29: Updated: 2021-11-30 12:16:08 The USPTO Is Implementing The Trademark Modernization Act

By Nikki Siesel

2021-09-02: Updated: 2021-09-02 19:59:11 Owners of Supplemental Registrations and Common Law Rights Share Similar Burdens At The TTAB

By Nikki Siesel

2021-07-23: Updated: 2021-07-23 17:51:49 Common Law Rights Are An Important Consideration In Trademark Clearance

By Nikki Siesel

2021-05-07: Updated: 2021-05-07 19:36:19 2(d) Reversal Due to Mark Differences And Third-Party Uses (Of Overlapping Weak Terms)

By Nikki Siesel

2020-12-28: Updated: 2020-12-28 20:13:58 UK Trademark Rights And The Brexit Update

By Nikki Siesel

2020-11-11: Updated: 2020-11-11 18:02:58 Marks Can Share Descriptive/Suggestive Terms If The Dominant Terms Indicate Source

By Nikki Siesel

2020-07-27: Updated: 2020-07-27 18:33:16 Why You Should Never Delay Registering Your Trademark

By Nikki Siesel

2020-07-02: Updated: 2020-07-02 15:38:25 The Impact Of The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision In BOOKING.COM

By Nikki Siesel

2020-04-10: Updated: 2020-04-10 17:32:37 Relying On Foreign Applications and Registrations For U.S. Trademark Applications

By Nikki Siesel

2020-03-20: Updated: 2020-03-20 19:04:06 A High Level Of Proof Is Required To Demonstrate Acquired Distinctiveness

By Nikki Siesel

2020-02-14: Updated: 2020-02-14 18:38:36 American University Cancels American University Of Kuwait Registration

By Nikki Siesel

2020-01-29: Updated: 2020-01-29 17:52:08 Weak And Descriptive Marks Are Entitled To A Narrow Scope of Protection

By Nikki Siesel

2019-12-29: Updated: 2019-12-29 21:13:00 Trademarks Can Be Cancelled For Nonuse

By Nikki Siesel

2019-12-23: Updated: 2019-12-23 13:47:23 U.S. Licensed Attorneys Must Represent Foreign Domiciled Trademark Applicants

By Nikki Siesel

2019-12-01: Updated: 2019-12-01 22:52:04 Fame Continues To Be A Dominant Factor In 2(d) Cases

By Nikki Siesel

2019-11-08: Updated: 2019-11-08 16:32:53 Partial Cancellation – Section 18 Of The Trademark Act

By Nikki Siesel

2019-10-19: Updated: 2019-10-19 12:37:18 The 6th Du Pont Factor Causes TTAB To Reverse A 2(d) Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2019-09-27: Updated: 2019-09-27 15:59:00 How To Overcome A 2(d) Likelihood Of Confusion Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2019-09-13: Updated: 2019-09-13 17:33:28 TTAB Determines Titles Of Single Creative Works Cannot Acquire Distinctiveness

By Nikki Siesel

2019-08-16: Updated: 2019-08-16 18:36:19 Why Registration Of A Trademark Is So Critical?

By Nikki Siesel

2019-08-02: Updated: 2019-08-02 13:48:58 Can An Acronym Function As A Trademark?

By Nikki Siesel

2019-07-17: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:33:32 Geographic Terms In Trademarks Pose Risks Of Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2019-07-02: Updated: 2019-07-02 11:06:48 The Prohibition On Immoral and Scandalous Trademarks Violates First Amendment

By Nikki Siesel

2019-06-14: Updated: 2019-06-14 17:49:52 The Board Reverses A Surname Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2019-05-10: Updated: 2019-05-10 20:59:43 A TTAB Precedential Decision Finding No Bona Fide Intent

By Nikki Siesel

2019-04-25: Updated: 2019-04-25 17:31:29 Advertising Is Not Enough To Qualify As A Display Associated With Goods

By Nikki Siesel

2019-03-18: Updated: 2019-03-18 18:30:52 Similarity In Meaning Must Be Weighed Against Dissimilarities In Appearance And Sound

By Nikki Siesel

2019-02-22: Updated: 2019-02-22 10:44:30 TTAB Reverses A Refusal To Register Based On Inconsistent Examination

By Nikki Siesel

2019-01-21: Updated: 2019-01-21 18:28:31 Can A Design Feature Be The Dominant Aspect Of A Mark?

By Nikki Siesel

2019-01-04: Updated: 2019-01-04 19:13:23 TTAB Determines Allegations Of Abandonment Are Legally Sufficient

By Nikki Siesel

2018-12-14: Updated: 2018-12-14 17:41:37 The Snack Industry Has Not Learned From Past Mistakes

By Nikki Siesel

2018-11-30: Updated: 2018-11-30 00:00:00 Merely Descriptive Or Suggestive?

By Nikki Siesel

2018-11-08: Updated: 2018-11-08 18:08:02 Can A Trademark Applicant Assign An Intent-To-Use Application?

By Nikki Siesel

2018-10-29: Updated: 2018-10-29 23:21:51 TTAB Affirms Refusal Based On Mark Being Geographically Descriptive

By Nikki Siesel

2018-09-30: Updated: 2018-09-30 20:41:12 TTAB Finds Electric Bicycles Related To Bicycle Clothing In 2(d) Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2018-09-14: Updated: 2018-09-14 17:38:22 TTAB Precedential Case – Underscoring The Disadvantages Of Weak Marks

By Nikki Siesel

2018-08-31: Updated: 2018-08-31 17:54:31 More Support For “The Crowded Field Argument”

By Nikki Siesel

2018-08-03: Updated: 2018-08-03 14:55:40 Important Rules Applied In Likelihood Of Confusion Cases

By Nikki Siesel

2018-06-17: Updated: 2018-06-17 16:39:46 The TTAB’s Position On A Bona Fide Intent To Use

By Nikki Siesel

2018-04-27: Updated: 2018-04-27 15:44:56 A Likelihood Of Confusion Reversal -Failure To Prove Relatedness Of Services

By Nikki Siesel

2018-04-13: Updated: 2018-04-13 18:02:42 A Precedential Decision – Is “SERIAL” Generic For Applicant’s Entertainment Services?

By Nikki Siesel

2018-03-23: Updated: 2018-03-23 15:30:45 Trademarks And Marijuana Related Goods and Services

By Nikki Siesel

2018-03-12: Updated: 2018-03-12 12:13:52 The USPTO’s Efforts To Improve Accuracy Of The Trademark Register

By Nikki Siesel

2018-02-26: Updated: 2018-02-26 14:36:27 TTAB Reverses Refusal Due To Dissimilarities And Weakness Of Shared Term

By Nikki Siesel

2018-02-12: Updated: 2018-10-23 18:12:46 Beware Of Adopting Legally Identical Trademarks

By Nikki Siesel

2018-01-29: Updated: 2018-01-29 14:12:45 TTAB Reverses Likelihood Of Confusion Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2018-01-12: Updated: 2018-01-12 19:14:51 What If The Board Issues A Default Notice or Judgment Against You?

By Nikki Siesel

2018-01-01: Updated: 2020-01-29 16:00:41 Whether Or Not To Disclaim A Term In A Trademark

By Nikki Siesel

2017-12-20: Updated: 2017-12-20 12:22:43 TTAB’s Precedential Decision That Further Shifts Surname Case Law

By Nikki Siesel

2017-12-03: Updated: 2017-12-03 22:44:42 Proving Nonuse Of A Trademark Prior To The Application Filing

By Nikki Siesel

2017-10-26: Updated: 2017-10-26 22:57:13 Claiming Acquired Distinctiveness Based On Use Requires Continuous Use

By Nikki Siesel

2017-10-13: Updated: 2017-10-13 17:59:49 A Single DuPont Factor May Be Dispositive In A 2(d) Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2017-09-27: Updated: 2017-09-27 15:47:24 TTAB Finds: Failure To Function As A Trademark And Merely Descriptive

By Nikki Siesel

2017-09-08: Updated: 2017-09-08 17:40:35 The TTAB Reverses A Refusal Relying On The Something More Standard

By Nikki Siesel

2017-08-18: Updated: 2017-08-18 22:24:25 The Doctrine Of Foreign Equivalents Is Alive And Well

By Nikki Siesel

2017-07-31: Updated: 2017-07-31 16:52:02 After CAFC’s Decision In Earnhardt, TTAB Must Take Greater Care In Surname Determinations

By Nikki Siesel

2017-07-14: Updated: 2017-07-14 17:52:38 Williams-Sonoma Is Refused Registration Of The Mark MANHATTAN

By Nikki Siesel

2017-06-30: Updated: 2017-06-30 14:00:37 Two Significant Court Decisions Impacting USPTO Trademark Practice

By Nikki Siesel

2017-06-12: Updated: 2017-06-12 11:25:41 A Reversal By The Board, Did The TTAB Reach The Right Decision?

By Nikki Siesel

2017-05-25: Updated: 2017-05-25 17:46:27 Ninth Circuit Held: GOOGLE Not Generic For Internet Search Engines

By Nikki Siesel

2017-04-26: Updated: 2017-04-26 21:58:23 Why Supplemental Registrations Are Difficult To Utilize Offensively

By Nikki Siesel

2017-03-31: Updated: 2017-03-31 17:56:26 Federal Circuit’s View Of Lack Of Bona Fide Intent To Use

By Nikki Siesel

2017-03-17: Updated: 2017-03-17 19:12:38 Did American Eagle Prevail In This Trademark Dispute?

By Nikki Siesel

2017-03-06: Updated: 2017-03-06 22:32:39 Should Entire Application Be Voided If A Bona Fide Intent To Use Mark Is Lacking?

By Nikki Siesel

2017-02-16: Updated: 2017-02-16 22:31:36 Beware If A Term Becomes A Term Of Art In Your Industry

By Nikki Siesel

2017-01-31: Updated: 2017-01-31 17:43:48 Federal Circuit Vacates Board’s Cancellation Of The Mark JOBDIVA

By Nikki Siesel

2017-01-13: Updated: 2017-01-13 18:58:17 How Do You Prove Abandonment Of A Trademark?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-12-22: Updated: 2016-12-22 16:33:15 Federal Circuit Holds One Sale Satisfies “Use In Commerce” Rule

By Nikki Siesel

2016-12-12: Updated: 2016-12-12 22:36:13 Melania Trump’s Trademark Endeavors

By Nikki Siesel

2016-11-28: Updated: 2016-11-28 18:21:58 How Much Trademark Public Exposure Is Necessary To Create Public Identification?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-10-27: Updated: 2016-10-27 15:28:26 Admissions Against Interest In Board Proceedings

By Nikki Siesel

2016-10-14: Updated: 2016-10-14 15:20:28 Common Law Trademark Rights And Use Analogous To Trademark Use

By Nikki Siesel

2016-10-03: Updated: 2016-12-09 18:11:54 Can A Laches Defense Justify A Dismissal Of A Petition To Cancel?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-09-16: Updated: 2016-09-16 19:03:52 International Trademark Filings And The Most Frequently Asked Question

By Nikki Siesel

2016-09-02: Updated: 2016-09-02 18:34:02 Overcoming A Descriptiveness Refusal Under Section 2(e)(1)

By Nikki Siesel

2016-08-15: Updated: 2016-08-15 22:37:15 When Is It Appropriate To File A UDRP Complaint?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-07-31: Updated: 2016-07-31 22:53:34 Sales Figures And Advertising Dollars Alone Do Not Prove Acquired Distinctiveness

By Nikki Siesel

2016-07-15: Updated: 2016-07-15 13:57:13 Was The CAFC Correct In Finding CHURRASCOS Generic For Restaurant Services?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-06-24: Updated: 2016-06-24 23:26:10 Did The TTAB Reach The Right Result But With Flawed Reasoning?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-06-12: Updated: 2016-06-12 21:45:27 Determining Who Should Legally Own A Trademark

By Nikki Siesel

2016-05-15: Updated: 2016-05-15 16:58:45 TTAB Precedential Decision: JAWS Movie Considered “Famous” Under Likelihood Of Confusion

By Nikki Siesel

2016-04-20: Updated: 2016-04-20 21:35:51 Precedential TTAB Holding : Parent And Subsidiary Trademark Use

By Nikki Siesel

2016-03-25: Updated: 2016-03-25 18:34:42 Are There Differences Between Deceptive Trademarks And Deceptively Misdescriptive Marks?

By Nikki Siesel

2016-03-11: Updated: 2016-03-11 18:08:41 A Rare TTAB Reversal Of A Section 2(d) Refusal

By Nikki Siesel

2016-02-25: Updated: 2016-12-09 18:12:51 TTAB Reverses Trademark Refusal And Allows Acronym RBAM To Register

By Nikki Siesel

2016-02-12: Updated: 2016-02-12 18:01:05 Mistakes To Avoid If A Descriptiveness Refusal under Section 2(e)(1) is issued

By Nikki Siesel

2016-01-29: Updated: 2016-01-29 16:33:28 How To Evaluate Trademarks: Word, Design And Composite Marks

By Nikki Siesel

2016-01-15: Updated: 2016-01-15 18:37:50 The Origin Of The “Something More” Standard In Trademark Law

By Nikki Siesel

2016-01-04: Updated: 2016-01-04 21:51:27 Relying On Section 44 Of The Trademark Act For A Filing Basis

By Nikki Siesel

2015-12-18: Updated: 2015-12-18 19:06:14 Will.i.am. And The I AM Trademark Dispute

By Nikki Siesel

2015-12-04: Updated: 2015-12-04 19:44:21 Pinterest Inc.’s Trademark Infringement Claims Fail Against Pintrips Inc.

By Nikki Siesel

2015-11-19: Updated: 2015-11-19 22:48:44 The Second Federal Circuit Decision Weighing In On The Crowded Field Theory

By Nikki Siesel

2015-11-06: Updated: 2015-11-06 18:23:39 What Is A Certification Trademark?

By Nikki Siesel

2015-10-22: Updated: 2015-10-22 18:38:00 The Federal Circuit Sends A Strong Message To The TTAB

By Nikki Siesel

2015-10-09: Updated: 2015-10-09 19:37:41 Selecting Merely Descriptive Trademarks Can Be A Risky Branding Strategy

By Nikki Siesel

2015-09-23: Updated: 2015-09-23 16:02:36 The Term TIFFANY Is Not Generic For A Ring Setting

By Nikki Siesel

2015-09-10: Updated: 2015-09-10 17:57:41 Google’s Busy Summer New Branding And New Holding Company

By Nikki Siesel

2015-08-28: Updated: 2015-08-28 15:10:08 TTAB Grants Petition To Cancel Based On Trademark Common Law Rights

By Nikki Siesel

2015-08-07: Updated: 2015-08-07 21:49:20 What If A Final Refusal Is Issued In A Trademark Application?

By Nikki Siesel

2015-07-26: Updated: 2015-07-26 15:07:45 How To Avoid The Supplemental Register If The Mark Consists Of A Surname

By Nikki Siesel

2015-07-03: Updated: 2015-07-03 17:46:36 A Trademark Victory For The Yankees

By Nikki Siesel

2015-06-19: Updated: 2015-06-19 16:44:22 The Federal Circuit Vacates And Remands The Board’s Refusal To Register PRETZEL CRISPS

By Nikki Siesel

2015-06-04: Updated: 2015-06-04 23:25:33 The Fine Line Between Descriptive Trademarks And Generic Terms

By Nikki Siesel

2015-05-21: Updated: 2015-05-21 22:26:34 Precedential Board Decision Refusing To Consider Evidence Of Marketplace Usage

By Nikki Siesel

2015-05-08: Updated: 2015-05-08 17:55:07 SMART ONES Brand (Heinz) challenges SMART BALANCE At The TTAB

By Nikki Siesel

2015-04-26: Updated: 2015-04-26 22:11:32 Recent TTAB Decision Involving Wine And Likelihood of Confusion

By Nikki Siesel

2015-04-10: Updated: 2015-04-10 22:03:26 U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.

By Nikki Siesel

2015-03-20: Updated: 2022-09-28 14:58:47 Use In Commerce For Purposes of Priority Under Trademark Law

By Nikki Siesel

2015-03-08: Updated: 2022-09-19 20:18:24 Can Third Parties Present Evidence To Examiners To Prevent Trademark Registration?

By Nikki Siesel

2015-02-20: Updated: 2015-02-20 19:11:30 Precedential TTAB Decision Finding Identical Marks For Complementary Goods, But No Confusion

By Nikki Siesel

2015-02-06: Updated: 2015-02-06 18:54:58 TTAB Determines That ROYAL KATE Unmistakably Identifies Kate Middleton

By Nikki Siesel

2015-01-26: Updated: 2015-01-26 22:16:07 The Federal Circuit Expands The Application Of Its “Something More” Standard

By Nikki Siesel

2015-01-09: Updated: 2015-01-09 15:22:55 The TTAB’s Recent Decision Clears A Path For Titles Of Single Works

By Nikki Siesel

2015-01-02: Updated: 2015-01-02 16:24:30 What’s New In 2015 At The USPTO

By Nikki Siesel

2014-12-16: Updated: 2014-12-16 16:02:43 McDonald’s Wins A Likelihood Of Confusion And Dilution Victory

By Nikki Siesel

2014-11-29: Updated: 2014-11-29 15:36:11 Anthropologie’s TTAB Victory – Services And Goods Held To Be Related

By Nikki Siesel

2014-11-16: Updated: 2014-11-16 15:26:04 No Likelihood Of Confusion Between WALT DISNEY’S CINDERELLA And ZOMBIE CiINDERELLA

By Nikki Siesel

2014-11-02: Updated: 2014-11-02 17:59:13 Precedential TTAB Decision Finding Applicant Committed Fraud On The USPTO

By Nikki Siesel

2014-10-18: Updated: 2014-10-18 18:35:47 Gwen Stefani’s Trademark Victory

By Nikki Siesel

2014-09-19: Updated: 2014-09-19 20:10:51 Courts and TTAB Trending Towards Finding Alcoholic And Non-Alcoholic Beverages Related

By Nikki Siesel

2014-09-08: Updated: 2015-08-03 12:32:41 Two TTAB Decisions Pertaining To Surnames With Two Different Results

By Nikki Siesel

2014-08-25: Updated: 2014-08-25 22:39:20 How To Prevail On A Summary Judgment Motion At The TTAB

By Nikki Siesel

2014-08-04: Updated: 2014-08-04 21:55:51 Is The Mark VENEZIA-MILANO Primarily Geographically Deceptively Misdescriptive?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-07-21: Updated: 2018-07-06 17:31:21 Evidence Of Third-Party Use and Third-Party Registrations

By Nikki Siesel

2014-07-04: Updated: 2018-07-06 17:31:12 TTAB’s Reversal- BENDASTIX Not Confusingly Similar To BENDAROOS And BENDAMODEL

By Nikki Siesel

2014-06-19: Updated: 2014-06-19 20:06:20 Can You Use A Surname (Last Name) As A Trademark?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-06-09: Updated: 2014-06-09 18:13:39 Chanel, Inc.’s Successful Opposition Based On Dilution By Blurring

By Nikki Siesel

2014-06-02: Updated: 2014-06-02 21:17:31 Taylor Swift Sued For Trademark Infringement Involving Her Brand LUCKY 13

By Nikki Siesel

2014-05-23: Updated: 2014-05-23 16:26:59 Federal Circuit Affirmed: STONE LION CAPITAL and LION CAPITAL Confusingly Similar

By Nikki Siesel

2014-05-16: Updated: 2014-05-16 21:16:58 Two Legally Identical Trademarks Can Register With Geographic Restrictions

By Nikki Siesel

2014-05-09: Updated: 2014-05-09 17:43:22 Is There A Likelihood Of Confusion Between The Marks: IKEA And AKEA?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-05-02: Updated: 2014-05-02 21:47:12 Is NY A Geographically Misdescriptive Trademark When The Goods Emanate Outside NY?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-04-25: Updated: 2014-04-25 21:38:39 TTAB Affirmed Descriptive Refusal Of Swatch’s Mark TOURBILLON And Design

By Nikki Siesel

2014-04-17: Updated: 2014-04-17 21:10:36 Can A Slogan Or Advertising Phrase Function As A Trademark?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-04-11: Updated: 2016-12-09 18:16:31 TTAB Precedent – How Fame Impacts A Likelihood Of Confusion Determination

By Nikki Siesel

2014-04-04: Updated: 2016-12-09 18:14:35 Narrowing Identifications In Your Trademark Application May Bring Favorable Results

By Nikki Siesel

2014-03-28: Updated: 2016-12-09 18:13:34 Trademark Prosecution Mistakes Could Expose Your Trademark To Cancellation

By Nikki Siesel

2014-03-24: Updated: 2014-03-24 16:34:03 The TTAB agrees with Frito-Lay, Pretzel Crisps Are A Generic Term

By Nikki Siesel

2014-03-15: Updated: 2014-03-15 16:23:24 Facebook And IBM Utilize The New Uniform Rapid Suspension System

By Nikki Siesel

2014-03-10: Updated: 2014-03-10 19:52:39 Should Facebook Stop Using The Brand Name PAPER?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-03-03: Updated: 2014-03-07 15:21:43 King.com Limited Abandons Its Federal Trademark Application For CANDY

By Nikki Siesel

2014-02-24: Updated: 2014-03-07 15:38:18 The Controversy Surrounding The CRONUT Trademark Registration

By Nikki Siesel

2014-02-14: Updated: 2014-02-14 20:53:20 Has One Of Tiffany and Company’s Trademarks Become Generic?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-02-10: Updated: 2014-03-07 15:41:42 Disney Prevails In Its Trademark Lawsuit Involving Its Movie Frozen

By Nikki Siesel

2014-02-03: Updated: 2014-03-07 15:47:19 How Do Intent-To-Use Trademark Applicants Document Their Bona Fide Intent?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-01-27: Updated: 2014-03-07 15:49:43 What Constitutes Use In Commerce For A Service Mark?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-01-20: Updated: 2014-03-07 15:52:18 Fourth Circuit Rules Against Swatch Affirming TTAB’s Decision

By Nikki Siesel

2014-01-13: Updated: 2014-01-13 17:51:26 Should Federal Courts Be Bound by TTAB Rulings?

By Nikki Siesel

2014-01-06: Updated: 2014-01-06 22:41:32 When Should A Trademark Applicant Appeal To The TTAB From A Refusal?

By Nikki Siesel

2013-12-30: Updated: 2014-01-05 19:11:16 New Rules For Examining Trademark Applications For Marks Incorporating Generic Top-Level Domains

By Nikki Siesel

2013-12-23: Updated: 2014-01-05 13:54:48 Can A Flavor Or A Scent Receive Federal Trademark Protection?

By Nikki Siesel

2013-12-16: Updated: 2014-01-05 13:50:32 TTAB Finds Wine And Water Related Goods Under Likelihood Of Confusion

By Nikki Siesel

2013-12-09: Updated: 2014-01-05 13:45:33 Trademark Common Law Rights Can Prevail Based On Priority Against Registered Rights

By Nikki Siesel

2013-12-02: Updated: 2014-01-05 13:17:33 Trademark Applicants Have Another Reason To File For Federal Protection

By Nikki Siesel