Keeping Tabs on the TTAB

Boston, MA
Joined May 2009
TTAB Enters Summary Judgment Dismissing EMPOWER Monogram Opposition: First DuPont Factor Dispositive thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Test: Is this Word+Design Mark, with BLOCKOUT Disclaimed, Inherently Distinctive? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Deems TALKIE Confusable with TALKIE.AI & Design for Chatbot Software, Rejecting Crowded Field Argument thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Finds "PERMANENT JEWELRY WELDER" Merely Descriptive of . . . Guess What? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Test: Is HIGHROAD PAVEMENT SERVICES Confusable with BUILDING THE HIGH ROAD for Road Construction Services? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Remands RAPUNZEL Application to the Examining Attorney for Re-Consideration of the Registrability of RAPUNZEL for Dolls thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlogger comment after S. Ct. denied certiorari: "Too bad. Now I think the USPTO should return the application for further examination on the issues of genericness, mere descriptiveness, and failure to function." thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
Breaking News: After lack-of-standing ruling, TTAB remands RAPUNZEL application to the Examining Attorney for further examination to consider registrability. Opp. No. 91241083
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TTAB Orders Cancellation of "THE REMNANT" Registration for Religious Services Despite Weakness of Petitioner's Identical Common Law Mark thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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Breaking News: After lack-of-standing ruling, TTAB remands RAPUNZEL application to the Examining Attorney for further examination to consider registrability. Opp. No. 91241083
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TTAB Dismiss AURI Supplements Opposition, Finding the Goods Unrelated to Agricultural Services and Rejecting Actual Confusion Evidence thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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ZEN WAFFLES Confusable with ZEN BAKERY, Says TTAB thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Grants Petition to Cancel STORYTELLER OVERLAND (Clothing) Registrations for Nonuse, Rejects Laches Defense thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Affirms Two Failure-to-Function Refusals: Marks Not Perceived as Source Indicators on Specimens of Use thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Test: Is CARSCAN Merely Descriptive of Automobile Diagnostic Services? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Finds "JASPE" Deceptively Misdescriptive of Clothing thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Quarterly Index: July - September 2026 thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTAB Posts October 2026 Hearing Schedule thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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TTABlog Test: Is "GOLF DARTS" Merely Descriptive of Action Skill Games? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…
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