D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Mind the Gap: When Identical Marks Fail to Bridge the Chasm of Unrelated Goods
SPINFLOW // SPINFLOW
TTAB Section 2(d) Refusal Reversal
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.
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
TTAB Section 2(d) Refusal Reversal
Deferring to the Marketplace: TTAB Reverses Section 2(d) Refusal Based on Prior Settlement
HOUSE OF PRIM // PRIM
D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Lack of "Something More" Leads to 2(d) Reversal
DAILY HARVEST CAFE // DAILY HARVEST
D4: Purchaser Sophistication
How Consumer Sophistication and Niche IDs Can Overcome a 2(d) Refusal
MERMAID // MERMADE
D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
How Scope Limitation and Connotation Defeated a 2(d) Refusal
PRO-GO // HANDY PRO-GO
D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Failure to Prove Relatedness Defeats 2(d) Refusal of Identical Marks
LA LA LAND // LA LA LAND
D1: Similarity of Marks
Mark Dissimilarity & Purchaser Sophistication Outweigh Other Factors
SEVEN STARLING // STARLING PHYSICIANS