2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Descriptive Additions and Overlapping Channels Fail Section 2(d) TTAB Appeal
TWISTED FORK BRUNCH COMPANY // THE TWISTED FORK
D1: Similarity of Marks
Case summaries focused on the first DuPont factor, examining how the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board weighs similarities in sound, appearance, connotation, and commercial impression between competing marks.
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Broad Identification Encompasses Niche Market: TTAB Affirms 2(d) Refusal
FUNTASYA // FUNTASIA THE ADULT SHOP
D1: Similarity of Marks
Supplementary Terms and Shared Term Weakness Overcome 2(d) Refusal
REVIVERITE INSIDE! // REVIVE
D1: Similarity of Marks
Overlap in Goods and Trade Channels Outweighed by Conceptual Weakness and Design Elements in 2(d) Reversal
EQUIPKEYCO // KEYCO
D1: Similarity of Marks
How a Unitary Mark and Elevated Consumer Care Reversed a 2(d) Refusal
LADY MOSS BOSS // LADYBOSS
D13: Market Reality / Other
Limits of Prior Registration and Similarity of Transposed Terms Doom Application and Apeal
TOUCH MOBILE || MOBILE TOUCH
D1: Similarity of Marks
Slaying a 2(d) Refusal: Commercial Impression Outweighs Related RPG Manuals and Board Games
DRAGONSLAYER || DRAGON SLAYERS CONQUERORS OF DARKNESS REV.12:7-11
D13: Market Reality / Other
Shades of Green: How Pantone Designations Saved a Color Trademark Appeal
Green (Pantone 2274C) // Green (Pantone 7488U)
D1: Similarity of Marks
Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents Defeated, Leading to 2(d) Refusal Reversal
FLAT EARTH SURF CLUB // TERRA PLANA
D4: Purchaser Sophistication
Inherent Elevated Level of Care and Sound Difference Overcome 2(d) Refusal
GASPER ROOFING || JASPER CONTRACTORS
D1: Similarity of Marks
Oversize Initialism & Suggestive Cited Mark Lead to Reversal of Section 2(d) Refusal
LBI LUXURY BRANDS INTERNATIONAL || LUXBRAND
D1: Similarity of Marks
Dominant Term Overshadows Foreign Translations
MICHAEL THE BULL || ABOGADO EL TORO