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United States Patent and Trademark Office › Merely Descriptive › Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.    less -
Fish & Richardson

Trademark Office Error Saves One Application From Drowning, But Not Its Shipmate

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In a rare case involving an admitted error by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on February 20, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the denial of Agadia Systems Inc.’s application for...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Rapunzel, Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair for Consumer Oppositions

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In the magical land of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a new chapter has been added to the trademark fairytale: consumers may have a real interest in preventing the exclusive appropriation of merely descriptive or...more

Knobbe Martens

Trademark Review - Intelligent Quartz, Lakota, and Clorotek (January 2014)

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The District Court Finds the TTAB Erred in Refusing to Register INTELLIGENT QUARTZ for Watches - The USPTO refused an application by Timex to register the mark INTELLIGENT QUARTZ for watches on the basis that the mark...more

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