TTAB Posts October 2023 Hearing Schedule

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled ten oral hearings for the month of October 2023. Seven of the hearings will be held via video conference; three will be "In Person," as indicated below. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

October 10, 2023 - 10 AM [In Person]: Edward Levy and Marc Padro v. Kenneth Harris Hyman, Cancellation No. 92068029 [Petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark FREEDOM PARTY for "organizing and conducting dance parties," on the grounds of nonownership, fraud, and likelihood of confusion with the identical mark used by petitioners.]

October 11, 2023 - 11 AM: In re Sentry Centers Holdings, LLC, Serial No. 90039262 [Section 2(d) refusal of CONVENE for various telecommunications services, educational services in the field of business management, and architectural design and consulting services, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered marks for WECONVENE, CONVENE (Stylized), and WE CONVENE for business advisory services, project management services, consulting services, and informational services in the fields of architecture, interior design and urban planning design.]

October 12, 2023 - 2 PM: Hoodrich Ltd v. Marcel G. Chehade , Cancellation No. 92075875 [Petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark HOOD RICH for "A-shirts; Button down shirts; Hooded sweat shirts; Polo shirts" on the grounds of abandonment and fraud.]

October 17, 2023 - 1 PM [In Person]: In re The Grove at Centerton, LLC, Serial No. 90354110 [Refusal to register GROVE AT CENTERTON for " Restaurant and bar services; catering services; rental of banquet and social function facilities for special occasions, namely, wedding receptions, anniversary and birthday parties, reunions, and business meetings" on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered marks THE GROVE for "restaurant and bar services" and GROVE MARKET for "restaurant and café services."]

October 18, 2023 - 1 PM: Homieshop Properties LLC v. Original Homies LLC, Opposition No. 91269387 [Opposition to registration of the mark shown below for "Headwear; Socks; Underwear; Bottoms as clothing; Ties as clothing; Tops as clothing" on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark HOMIES for, inter alia, "“Caps; Sweat shirts; T-shirts; Teeshirts."]

October 19, 2023 - 11 AM [In Person]: In re Stonemaier LLC, Serial No. 90731004 [Section 2(d) refusal to register the mark WINGSPAN for strategy games, including board games and electronic games, in view of the identical mark registered for "toy action figures and accessories for use therewith; toy vehicles and accessories for use therewith."]

October 19, 2023 - 1 PM: In re Nasogastric Feeding Solutions Ltd, Serial Nos. 90529600 and 90529653 [Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of the proposed mark ENTERAL ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, and Section 6(a) requirement for dislcaimer of that phrase in the word-and-design mark shown below, for various medical devices, including tubes for enteral feeding, valves for enteral feeding, vents for enteral feeding, and nasogastric feeding tubes.]

October 24, 2023 - 11 AM: Vision Research, Inc. v. DJI GmbH, Opposition No. 91227510 [Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark shown below for “remote control telemetering machines and apparatus …. aircraft; airplanes … multi-rotor scale model aircraft," in view of the registered mark PHANTOM for cameras, remote controls for cameras, and computer software for motion analysis.]

October 24, 2023 - 2 PM Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. v. Srinivasa Rao Gubbala, Opposition No. 91255288 [Opposition to registration of the mark shown below left, for various clothing items, in view of the registered mark shown below right, for overlapping clothing items.]

October 26, 2023 - 1 PM: Caterpillar, Inc. v. Tigercat International Inc., Opposition No. 91213597 [Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TIGERCAT for "Off road industrial vehicles, namely, skidders and purpose-built prime movers, carrying aerial devices, mulchers and sprayers" on view of the registered mark CAT for tractors, front shovels, backhoe loaders, etc.]

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Text Copyright John L. Welch 2023.