TTAB Posts February 2025 Hearing Schedule

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled eleven (11) oral hearings for the month of February 2025. All will be held virtually, except for the February 25th hearing, which will be "conducted in a hybrid format, allowing for both in-person and virtual participation." The in-person portion will be held at the USPTO's Madison East Building in Alexandria, Virginia. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

February 5, 2025 - 11 AM [Virtual]: Kiss Nail Products, Inc. v. Thank Nature LLC, Opposition No. 91257144 [Opposition to registration of the mark ECOKISS for "Body butter; Cosmetics; Facial scrubs; Facial washes; Hair conditioner; Hair shampoo; Moisturizing creams; Bar soap; Cosmetic mud masks; Facial moisturizers; all of the foregoing made with natural and/or environmentally friendly ingredients," on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark KISS and various KISS-formative marks, for cosmetics, skincare, and other beauty and personal care products].

February 11, 2025 - 11 AM [Virtual]: Texas Department of Transportation v. El T Mexican Restaurants, Inc., Opposition No. 91264923 [Section 2(d) opposition to registration of DON'T MESS WITH TEX-MEX for restaurant services in view of the registered mark DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS for various goods and services (not including restaurant services), which mark has been licensed to restaurants].

February 12, 2025 - 2 PM [Virtual]: Mobilemoney, Inc. v. Reverse ATM LLC, Opposition No. 91284555 [Opposition to registration of REVERSE ATM for "Credit card and debit card services, namely, pre-paid purchase card services in the nature of processing electronic financial transactions by issuing and reloading stored value cards by converting money into pre-paid debit cards and gift card provided through individual kiosks" [ATM disclaimed] on the ground that the proposed mark is generic or, alternatively, merely descriptive and lacking in acquired distinctiveness.]"

February 13, 2025 - 1 PM [Virtual]: Graham Bonnet v. James Richard Waldo, Opposition No. 91281101 [Opposition to registration of the mark ALCATRAZZ for "Entertainment services, namely, live performances by a musical band; musical recordings; production of sound recording and music sound recordings" on the grounds of fraud and nonownership.]

February 19, 2025 - 11 AM [Virtual]: Fuente Marketing Ltd. v. ShenZhen Woody Vapes Technology Co., Ltd., Opposition No. 91282965 [Section 2(d) opposition to DRAG X for, inter alia, cigarettes; Lighters for smokers, in view of the registered mark X for cigars, cigar cutters, ashtrays, and lighters.]

February 20, 2025 - 11:30 AM [Virtual]: In re ThreatLocker, Inc., Serial No. 97156251 [Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal (including lack of acquired distinctiveness) of RINGFENCING for, inter alia, "Downloadable anti-piracy software; Downloadable cloud-based software for controlling application access to data; Downloadable computer software for authorising access to data bases; Downloadable computer software for controlling and managing access server applications; Computer hardware, namely, firewalls; Downloadable computer software for the creation of firewalls, "

February 20, 2025 - 12 PM [Virtual]: In re ThreatLocker, Inc., Serial No. 97214203 [Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal  (including lack of acquired distinctiveness) of RINGFENCING for "Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for cyber security, namely, software that, disables the access of user defined programs to other programs in a user device; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software in the field of cyber security, namely, software that, disables the access of user defined programs to other programs in a user device"

February 20, 2025 - 1 PM [Virtual]: In re Saint George Atelier LLC, Serial No. 98160447 [Section 2(d) refusal of SAINT GEORGE ATELIER for "Backpacks, book bags, sports bags, bum bags, wallets and handbags" in view of the registered mark ST. GEORGE & Design for "[c]lothing, namely, t-shirts, tank tops, sweatshirts, and sweatpants," and requirement that applicant disclaim ATELIER.]

February 20, 2025 - 1:30 PM [Virtual]: In re Saint George Atelier LLC, Serial No. 98044168 [Section 2(d) refusal of SAINT GEORGE ATELIER for "Clothing, namely, shirts, pants, tee shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, shoes, sneakers, boots, sandals, jackets, coats, vests, hats and caps," and for "on-line retail services featuring clothing," in view of the registered mark ST. GEORGE & Design for "[c]lothing, namely, t-shirts, tank tops, sweatshirts, and sweatpants," and requirement that applicant disclaim ATELIER.]

February 25, 2025 - 10 AM [Virtual in part]: SawStop, LLC v. Felder KG, Opposition No. 91255905 [Section 2(d) opposition to PCS for "Stationary woodworking systems comprising circular saws, band saws, table saws, panel saws, electric sanders, spindle motors, shapers, drilling machines, and safety devices attended thereto; stationary sliding table saw systems comprising band saws, table saws, panel saws, electric sanders, spindle motors, shapers, drilling machines, and safety devices attended thereto, all of the foregoing for use in woodworking and for cutting off finished plastics" in view of the identical mark for table saws and table saws with active injury mitigation technology.]

February 27, 2025 - 11 AM [Virtual]: Chris Galati v. Herer Media & Publishing, Inc., Oppositions Nos. 91264518, 91264520, 91265414, and 91271537 [Consolidated opposition to registration of the mark JACK HERER for pipes for smoking, t-shirts, and online and retail store services featuring a variety of consumer articles, on numerous grounds, including nonownership, fraud, likelihood of confusion, likelihood of dilution, mere descriptiveness, deceptive misdescriptiveness, and lack of bona fide intent].

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