The TTABlog®
USPTO Trademark Alert: TTAB Changes Deadline for Answer in Board Proceeding to 60 Days
TTABlog Test: Is APPARITION Confusable with PHANTOM for Wine?
TTABlog Test? Is ELEMENTAL BEAUTY for Skincare Products Confusable with BEAUTY IS ELEMENTAL for Nutritional Supplements?
TTABlog Test: Is BATTLE ROYALE GOLF Merely Descriptive of Golf Games?
TTABlog Test: Are Clothing and Perfume Related Under Section 2(d)?
TTABlog Test: Is "GREEN COLLECTIVE" Merely Descriptive of Kitchen Utensils?
Current Roster of TTAB Administrative Trademark Judges
TTAB Posts September 2025 Hearing Schedule
Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, July-August 2025 Issue
CAFC Vacates and Remands TTAB's Affirmance of F**K Failure-to-Function Refusal Due to Lack of Clarity
VETEMENTS Applicant Files Certiorari Petition Seeking Reversal of Genericness Refusal Under Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents
TTABlog Test: Is WORLDWIDECRYPTO Merely Descriptive of Cryptocurrency Exchange Services?
TTABlog Test: Are Clothing and Sunglasses Related Under Section 2(d)?
Differences in Goods/Services Yield Dismissal of MISS BUSINESS/MS. BUSINESS Section 2(d) Opposition
TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
Rejecting Strategic Partners Argument, TTAB Affirms 2d Refusal of IN HARMONY WITH NATURE for On-line Sale of Personal Care Products
TTAB Overturns 2d Refusal of "SIDECAR SLIDER BAR" for Restaurant and Bar Services Due to Extensive Third-Party Use of "SIDECAR"
Precedential No. 7: Opposer Fails to Prove Distinctiveness of its Common Law Mark, Loses 2d Opposition on Priority
TTAB Upholds Mere Descriptiveness Refusal of "THE TRAVELING PAWTOGRAPHERS" for Pet Portrait Photography Services
BOSTON STRONG Fails to Function as a Service Mark for Volley Ball Entertainment, Says TTAB
US SPACE FORCE Applicant Files Certiorari Petition Seeking Reversal of Section 2(a) False Connection Refusal
TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
TTABlog Test: Is MAYELA Confusable with MAYA for Wine?
TTABlog Test: Is "LEFT RIGHT MIDDLE" Confusable with "LEFT CENTER RIGHT & Design" for Dice Games?
TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
Federal Court (E.D. Va.) Reverses TTAB Decision: Apple's REALITY COMPOSER and REALITY CONVERTER Not Merely Descriptive of Developer Software
DANKEES Confusable with YANKEES for Clothing, Says TTAB
TTABlog Test: Is BUFFALO CITY for Alcoholic Beverages Confusable with BUFFALO TRACE for Bourbon?
TTAB Sustains Disney's Opposition to OSWALD THE RABBIT for Movie and Play Production Due to Lack of Bona Fide Intent
TTAB Posts August 2025 Hearing Schedule
On Remand, TTAB Sustains Cognac Institute's Section 2(d) Opposition to COLOGNE & COGNAC ENTERTAINMENT
TTAB Allows Amendment of Admission Responses but Grants Motion for Summary Judgment for Lack of Bona Fide Intent
TTABlog Test: Is TENNISOS Merely Descriptive of Robotic Systems Software Platforms?