TTAB Decisions

We provide these decisions of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) as a service to our clients and the trademark legal community. The TTAB is the administrative panel of the USPTO that decides trademark opposition, cancellation, and ex parte appeals. Although many of these decisions are "unpublished," meaning they cannot be cited as legal precedent, we believe that these can be very helpful in learning about trademark law and how the TTAB decides such cases. The decisions of the TTAB only affect the parties' rights to register the trademark in question, and generally do not affect a party's ability to use a particular mark in the United States.

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2012-03-20 EX 75010230 Compania de Licores Internacionales S.A.

Refusal under 2(e)(3) Affirmed; 2(f) evidence insufficient

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2012-03-20 OPP 91184456 L’Oreal S.A. and L’Oreal USA, Inc. v. Robert Victor Marcon

Opposition Sustained on 2(d) claim and on lack of bona fide intent to use

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2012-03-19 EX 76692673 Hartz Hotel Services, Inc.

Refusal Reversed

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2012-03-19 EX 77955361; 77955366 Ameristar Fence Products, Inc.

Refusal Reversed

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2012-03-19 EX 75574825 Softspikes, Inc.

Genericness Refusal is Reversed; Descriptiveness Refusal is Affirmed; Refusal to register under 2(f) Reversed

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2012-03-19 OPP 91176027 Apple, Inc. v. Sector Labs, LLC

Opposition Sustained on both grounds

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2012-03-16 CANC 92051437 Henne Inc. v. Worldwide JR Wood

Petition to Cancel Granted (Motion for Summary Judgment Granted)

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2012-03-16 CANC 92052101 Anshu B. Pathak v. Omaha Steaks International, Inc.

Petition to Cancel Dismissed (Motion for Summary Granted)

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2012-03-16 85001018 Trans Atlantic Systems, Incorporated

Refusal Affirmed

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2012-03-15 EX 77757688 Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.

Refusal Affirmed

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