2(b) Refusal Affirmed
Italian Flag in Prosciutto Collective Mark Leads to Refusal
Prosciutto di Carpegna
TTAB Ex Parte Appeal
A curated index of ex parte appeal summaries before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). This section breaks down recent and notable appeals of USPTO examiner refusals, highlighting the critical legal strategies, evidentiary thresholds, and arguments that successfully overcome registration hurdles.
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Narrowing ID Scope Fails to Save Identical Mark and Related Financial Services From Likelihood of Confusion
MERCURY // MERCURY
D10: Market Interfaces
Tipping the Balance Against Identical Marks with Detailed Consent Agreements
AMERICAN CONSTELLATION // CONSTELLATION
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Descriptive Words in Otherwise Identical Marks Do Not Avoid Likelihood of Confusion
UPSIDE CAPITAL HOLDINGS // UPSIDE
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Identical Marks and Relatedness Trump Weakness of Cited Mark
DEO // DEO
D1: Similarity of Marks
TTAB Reverses 2(d) Refusal Based on Grammatical and Structural Dissimilarity
I’M SMOKING HOT // SMOKIN’ HOT SHOW TIME
D13: Market Reality / Other
Prior Registrations and Coexistence Fail to Outweigh Mark and Goods Similarities
REAL // REAL
D4: Purchaser Sophistication
TTAB Affirms 2(d) Refusal for Identical Marks and Complementary Cosmetics
CHERRY BLOSSOM // CHERRY BLOSSOM
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Hyphen in Mark and Semicolon in Identification Sealed a Section 2(d) Refusal
ECOTONE // ECO-TONES
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Inapplicability of "Something More" Results in TTAB 2(d) Refusal Affirmance
COUNTRY OVEN // COUNTRY OVEN
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
TTAB Affirms 2(d) Refusal: Nearly Identical Marks and Related Goods
TRUGRIT // TRUE GRIT
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
Buyer Sophistication Couldn’t Overcome Related Goods to Reverse Likelihood of Confusion
OMNI // OMNITOM