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TTAB reminds everyone who’s in charge

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2007-08-03 17:35:50. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe TTABlog on what every TTAB practitioner knows: The Board still elevates form over substance in one […]

TTAB Practice

TTAB / Al Qaeda Claim: Trademarks Make the Big Time

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2005-08-02 14:34:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSometimes we microniche bloggers get a little antsy with the self-imposed limitations on our scope. Ah, to […]

Politics

Trademark attorneys shaken AND stirred over Walther product configuration TM ruling

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-10-29 06:01:21. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWho says the Commissioner of Trademarks is “Dr. No”? To the contrary, some trademark registration applications Only […]

Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2011: Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-01-22 13:44:29. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFirst posted on July 15, 2011. Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their […]

Likelihood of Confusion

TTABlog: Eight years of keeping tabs on the TTAB

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2012-11-13 14:24:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBusy as we were last week licking our wounds from the aftermath of really bad weather, I […]

Blogging

TTAB re THE SLANTS trademark: Once disparaging, always disparaging

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-09-28 21:24:21. Republished by Blog Post PromoterRemember the SLANTS trademark appeal to the TTAB? Here’s the decision (below). For the TTAB, there’s only […]

Section 2(a)

ROLEX v. ROLL-X: Permanent vacation, and sideways vindication

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-02-06 13:58:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe TTAB recently ruled, based on internal reasoning that is entirely justifiable, that if you can’t afford […]

Trademark Dilution

Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Carl Vennitti

Originally posted 2011-07-18 13:32:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter I owe this essay to everyone who believed in creating a dream, and helped build his […]

IP Overreaching

B&B Hardware: Beyond Nuts and Bolts

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Ron Coleman

I’d promised I’d wait on this, but I couldn’t, and you’ll see why. Here’s my take on today’s Supreme Court decision in B&B Hardware v. Hargis […]

Likelihood of Confusion

B&B Hardware: The TTAB, the trademark bloggers and the likelihood of preclusion (Updated)

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ron Coleman

A trademark case involving LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION (the legal thing, not the fun blog) got unusual Supreme Court attention last week, as you doubtless know by […]

Likelihood of Confusion

Best of 2013: ROLEX v. ROLL-X: Permanent vacation, and sideways vindication

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Ron Coleman

First published February 6, 2013. The TTAB recently ruled, based on internal reasoning that is entirely justifiable, that if you can’t afford to litigate — […]

Trademark Dilution

Slant on The Slants

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Everybody can have an IP blog. But hardly anybody, it seems, is prepared to do the work required to blog. I refer now to the […]

Section 2(a)

Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Ron Coleman

Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me. Sometimes they want free advice, or cheap advice, or just […]

Likelihood of Confusion