Wednesday, January 03, 2024

The TTAB Issued 35 Precedential Opinions in 2023

The Board issued 34 precedential opinions in calendar 2023, a total slightly lower than in recent years. A number of trademark practitioners believe that the TTAB should be issuing more precedential decisions. The Board has made available a form for nominating a Board decision as precedential. (link here). [Good luck with that.]


Section 2(d) - Likelihood of Confusion: Section 2(e)(1) - Mere Misdescriptiveness:

Inherent/Acquired Distinctiveness:

Abandonment:

Failure-to-Function:


Genericness

Goods in Trade:

Illegal Use:

Laches: Nonuse:

Ownership:

Specimens of Use:

Entitlement to a Statutory Cause of Action:

Discovery/Evidence/Procedure: Prosecution Issues:

Text Copyright John L. Welch 2023.

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