TTABlog Running Index: July 2025 to Date
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Section 2(a) - False Connection: Section 2(d) - Likelihood of Confusion:- href="https://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/differences-in-goodsservices-yield.html">Differences in Goods/Services Yield Dismissal of MISS BUSINESS/MS. BUSINESS Section 2(d) Opposition
- TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
- Rejecting Strategic Partners Argument, TTAB Affirms 2d Refusal of IN HARMONY WITH NATURE for On-line Sale of Personal Care Products
- Precedential No. 7: Opposer Fails to Prove Distinctiveness of its Common Law Mark, Loses 2d Opposition on Priority
- Precedential No. 7: Opposer Fails to Prove Distinctiveness of its Common Law Mark, Loses 2d Opposition on Priority
- TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
- TTABlog Test: Is MAYELA Confusable with MAYA for Wine? [Yes]
- TTABlog Test: Is "LEFT RIGHT MIDDLE" Confusable with "LEFT CENTER RIGHT & Design" for Dice Games? [No]
- TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
- DANKEES Confusable with YANKEES for Clothing, Says TTAB
- TTABlog Test: Is BUFFALO CITY for Alcoholic Beverages Confusable with BUFFALO TRACE for Bourbon? [Yes]
- On Remand, TTAB Sustains Cognac Institute's Section 2(d) Opposition to COLOGNE & COGNAC ENTERTAINMENT
- TTABlog Test: Is SEXTO for Alcoholic Beverages Confusable with THE SEXTON for Whiskey? [No]
- TTABlog Test: Are Mugs and Drinking Straw Cleaning Brushes Related Under Section 2(d)?
- TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
- Proof of One Incident of Actual Confusion Factors Into TTAB's Granting of Petition to Cancel ZEROLIQUID Registration for Water Filters
- TTAB Affirms Five Refusals of SHYFT Marks for Beer and Flavored Malt Beverages: Confusable with SHIFT for Wine
- TTABlog Test: Is BREAK OUT THE BANDIDO Confusable with BANDIT for Overlapping Alcoholic Beverages?
- TTAB Upholds Mere Descriptiveness Refusal of "THE TRAVELING PAWTOGRAPHERS" for Pet Portrait Photography Services
- Federal Court (E.D. Va.) Reverses TTAB Decision: Apple's REALITY COMPOSER and REALITY CONVERTER Not Merely Descriptive of Developer Software
- TTABlog Test: Is TENNISOS Merely Descriptive of Robotic Systems Software Platforms? [Yes]
- TTABlog Test: Is GHOSTWRITTEN INC. Merely Descriptive of Publication of E-books and Blog Posts [No]
- TTABlog Test: Is NATIVE NATIONS CANNABIS Merely Descriptive of Hemp-Containing Cosmetics? [No]
- TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out?
- BOSTON STRONG Fails to Function as a Service Mark for Volley Ball Entertainment, Says TTAB
- STROLL TO THE POLLS Fails to Function as a Trademark for Clothing, Says TTAB
- TTAB Allows Amendment of Admission Responses but Grants Motion for Summary Judgment for Lack of Bona Fide Intent
- Oops! Opposer Fails to Prove Statutory Standing: Submitting Ordinary Copy of Registration Not Enough
- Precedential No. 6: TTAB Refuses to Add Affirmative Defense of Abandonment but Allows Addition as Counterclaims
- CAFC Reverses TTAB: KIST is Confusable with SUNKIST for Soft Drinks
- CAFC Affirms TTAB: YUCATAN SHRIMP is Merely Descriptive of Prepared Shrimp Dish
Text © John L. Welch 2025.