D4: Purchaser Sophistication
Inherent Elevated Level of Care and Sound Difference Overcome 2(d) Refusal
GASPER ROOFING || JASPER CONTRACTORS
2(d) Refusal Reversed
A curated index of ex parte appeal decisions where the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) reversed a Section 2(d) refusal. These case summaries break down the winning arguments, evidentiary strategies, and DuPont factor analyses that successfully overcame examiner findings of a likelihood of confusion.
D3: Channels of Trade & Class of Consumers
Charitable Fundraising Unrelated to Fundraising Software
POTS || POTS
D1: Similarity of Marks
Oversize Initialism & Suggestive Cited Mark Lead to Reversal of Section 2(d) Refusal
LBI LUXURY BRANDS INTERNATIONAL || LUXBRAND
D6: Third-Party Uses
Crowded Field & Consumer Awareness Mitigate Likelihood of Confusion
MISTER JUNETEENTH || MISS JUNETEENTH
D1: Similarity of Marks
Dominant Term Overshadows Foreign Translations
MICHAEL THE BULL || ABOGADO EL TORO
D6: Third-Party Uses
How Conceptual Weakness and Mark Dissimilarity Overcome Identical Services at the TTAB
GHOST || GHOST
D1: Similarity of Marks
Using Additional Elements to Imbue New Meaning Into Shared Initialisms
NORTHWEST NWA AIRLINE || NWA
D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Mind the Gap: When Identical Marks Fail to Bridge the Chasm of Unrelated Goods
SPINFLOW // SPINFLOW
D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Service Dissimilarity Overcame Identical Marks in a 2(d) Appeal
WHERE LIFE HAPPENS // WHERE LIFE HAPPENS
D6: Third-Party Uses
How Distinctive Connotations and Conceptual Weakness Can Overcome a Section 2(d) Refusal
GOOD TIMES // GOODE TIMES GUARANTEED
D1: Similarity of Marks
Reversing a Section 2(d) Refusal Through Cultural Connotation and Commercial Impression
DUNDER MIFFLIN // MIFFLIN
D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Reversing 2(d) Refusals Via Evidentiary Failure and Conceptual WeaknessCA
CASA BLANCA // CASABLANA