D2: Similarity of Goods or Services
Mind the Gap: When Identical Marks Fail to Bridge the Chasm of Unrelated Goods
SPINFLOW // SPINFLOW
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
The definitive directory for Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) case summaries and legal analysis. This section tracks administrative trademark disputes before the USPTO, breaking down critical developments across ex parte appeals, inter partes oppositions, and cancellation proceedings to uncover winning strategies for trademark practitioners.
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
2(d) Refusal Reversed
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