We write a lot here about the scope and strength of trademark rights and how that determination is often intertwined to making intelligent likelihood of confusion determinations.
Does “April Madness” fall within the NCAA’s scope of trademark rights for “March Madness“?
Likelihood of confusion? Is “March Madness” a famous mark deserving protection from
The United States Patents Quarterly has been a resource used by intellectual property lawyers for a very long time. Most of the decisions published in USPQ are patent decisions, but there are a large number of trademark decisions too, especially those decided by the USPTO and TTAB.
As the image above reveals, an admittedly weathered
Earlier this month, Wawa, an East Coast convenience store chain, demonstrated it is not gaga over a single location food mart (copy of complaint linked here), called Dawa:
As Dawa has vowed to defend its name, will this case come down to a battle over the meanings of the marks? Do
Another update for you on the new Las Vegas NHL team. In my previous posts on this interesting saga (here and here), I discussed the team’s unique marketing and trademark strategy leading up to the announcement last month of the team’s name–the Vegas Golden Knights–particularly the secrecy of the name among three options
A trademark problem, that is, as reported by the Texas Tribune on Friday of last week.
Lest you be fooled by the above reference to Houston College of Law being established in 1923, the name has only been around since June of 2016.
In fact, when South Texas College of Law rebranded to
Watching the morning news for even a few minutes can leave one struck by how we truly live in uncertain times. I suppose every generation has too, but is it more striking at this moment?
There are plenty of examples to draw upon to evidence the many uncertainties in our world, spanning extreme weather,
Life is full of ups and downs. The world of trademarks often tends to mirror life. Yet, for the time being, the USPTO currently recognizes only one brand and mark as living solely on ups:
As it turns out, those three letters form a pretty powerful brand and trademark. Although there may have been
Yesterday we wrote about how petitions for partial cancellation under Section 18 of the Lanham Act can be creative and powerful tools when an applicant is confronted with likelihood of confusion registration refusals under Section 2(d), based on over-broad federal registrations.
Today, we’re speaking about this important tool that should be found in any
Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act is the statutory basis for refusing registration based on likelihood of confusion with another mark. It is invoked on an ex parte basis by USPTO Examining Attorneys, and it is also raised in the context of inter partes cases between adversaries.
When an applicant seeking to register its mark
