TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Oppositions Turn Out?

A TTAB judge once told me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) case 95% of the time by just looking at the involved goods and services and the marks. Maybe he or she was referring to ex parte cases only. Anyway, let's see how you do with the three oppositions summarized below. Answer(s) in the first comment.

Volvo Truck Corporation v. Mac Tíre Clothing LLC , Opposition No. 91264810 (March 13, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Marc A. Bergsman) [Opposition to registration of MAC TÍRE CLOTHING for various clothing items, including shirts and hats [CLOTHING disclaimed], in view of the registered marks MACK for trucks and for "sweaters including fleece pullovers, polo shirts, T-shirts, shirts including dress shirts, caps including knit caps and fleece caps, sport jackets, sweatshirts, pants, namely, jogging pants, coats, neckwear; outerwear, namely, leather jackets; jeanswear, namely, jeans, work coveralls of denim, jean jackets, jean shirts" and MACK TRUCKS and design for "shirts and hats."]

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority v. Sanford Airport Authority, Oppositions Nos. 91234602 and 91235774 (March 14, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Martha B. Allard). [Section 2(d) opposition to registration of ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, in standard character form [INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT disclaimed] and in the logo form shown first below [ORLANDO SANFORD and INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT disclaimed], for "airport services," in view of the mark ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, in standard character form and in the registered logo form shown second below [INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT disclaimed] for "airport services."].

San Diego Comic Convention v. Erik Yacko, Opposition No. 91263787 (March 17, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas W. Wellington) [Section 2(d) opposition to the word-plus-design mark shown below, for "conducting entertainment exhibitions in the nature of comic book and pop culture conventions" in view of the registered mark COMIC-CON for “education and entertainment services, namely, organizing and conducting conventions in the fields of animation, comic books and popular art."].

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Text Copyright John L. Welch 2023.