TTABlog

TTAB Posts November 2026 Hearing Schedule thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

If there was no standing to bring the opposition, how does the Board have jurisdiction? It may have had jurisdiction to determine the standing issue, but once that's decided, what's left? Maybe the Director or the Commissioner of TMs can order re-examination, but the Board?

TTABlog Test: Is HARD WATER Merely Descriptive of Canned Alcoholic Beverages? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, September - October 2026 Issue thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Finds "THE JONES" for a Host of Services to be Primarily Merely a Surname thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Refuses to Vacate Prior Decision Despite Stipulated Dismissal of Section 1071(b) Civil Action for Review thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Enters Summary Judgment Dismissing EMPOWER Monogram Opposition: First DuPont Factor Dispositive thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTABlog Test: Is this Word+Design Mark, with BLOCKOUT Disclaimed, Inherently Distinctive? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Deems TALKIE Confusable with TALKIE.AI & Design for Chatbot Software, Rejecting Crowded Field Argument thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Finds "PERMANENT JEWELRY WELDER" Merely Descriptive of . . . Guess What? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTABlog Test: Is HIGHROAD PAVEMENT SERVICES Confusable with BUILDING THE HIGH ROAD for Road Construction Services? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Remands RAPUNZEL Application to the Examining Attorney for Re-Consideration of the Registrability of RAPUNZEL for Dolls thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTABlogger comment after S. Ct. denied certiorari: "Too bad. Now I think the USPTO should return the application for further examination on the issues of genericness, mere descriptiveness, and failure to function." thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Orders Cancellation of "THE REMNANT" Registration for Religious Services Despite Weakness of Petitioner's Identical Common Law Mark thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

Breaking News: After lack-of-standing ruling, TTAB remands RAPUNZEL application to the Examining Attorney for further examination to consider registrability. Opp. No. 91241083

TTAB Dismiss AURI Supplements Opposition, Finding the Goods Unrelated to Agricultural Services and Rejecting Actual Confusion Evidence thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

ZEN WAFFLES Confusable with ZEN BAKERY, Says TTAB thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Grants Petition to Cancel STORYTELLER OVERLAND (Clothing) Registrations for Nonuse, Rejects Laches Defense thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTAB Affirms Two Failure-to-Function Refusals: Marks Not Perceived as Source Indicators on Specimens of Use thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…

TTABlog Test: Is CARSCAN Merely Descriptive of Automobile Diagnostic Services? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026…