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Haug Partners LLP

Federal Circuit upholds USPTO Refusal of Application for Registration for the Mark “VETEMENTS” Under the Foreign Equivalents...

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In a precedential decision, the Federal Circuit upheld the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) refusal of the mark “VETEMENTS” under the foreign equivalents...more

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Can a Difference in Punctuation between a Trademark in a Drawing and Specimen of Use be Allowed for Registration?

Suppose you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods/services for your business. What if the trademark on the specimen of use has punctuation that is different from the drawing of the trademark in the...more

Knobbe Martens

Not Lost in Translation: Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of the Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents

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IN RE: VETEMENTS GROUP AG - Before Prost, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. A party opposing application of the doctrine of foreign equivalents has the burden to show that the ordinary...more

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No Space at the Trademark Office for US SPACE FORCE

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In a rare precedential decision involving Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld a denial by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of applications filed for US...more

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When Can District Courts Cancel Trademark Applications?

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Courts are divided on whether their power to order the cancellation of trademark registrations extends to still pending trademark applications under review by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Ninth...more

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