TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 7hTTAB Posts October 2026 Hearing Schedule thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026TTABlog Test: Is "GOLF DARTS" Merely Descriptive of Action Skill Games? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026TTABlog Test: Is "HANSEN HONEY FARM" for Honey Primarily Merely a Surname? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 002
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Precedential No. 8: Tribal Sovereign Immunity Inapplicable in Board Proceedings, Says TTAB thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/prec... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026TTABlog Test: Are Plastic Bags Related to Paper Labels Under Section 2(d)? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026TTABlog Test: Is CODEBOX Merely Descriptive of Electronic Lock Boxes? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Changes in Mark and Services Fail to Avoid Claim Preclusion in PET-AGREE GROOMING SUPPLIES Opposition thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/chan... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026TTABlog Test: Are these UPSTREAM-Formative Marks Confusable for Insurance Agencies? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026TTABlog Test: Is SNOWY THE MOUSE for Plush Toys Confusable with SNOWY for Stuffed Toys? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Precedential No. 7: Law Firm owns BIRTH JUSTICE logo, not the Associate who Conceived the Brand thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/prec... 011
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Failure to Prove Standing Leads to Denial of ZOCY Cancellation Petition thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/fail... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026TTABlog Test: Is KARDASHIAN-JENNER for Online News Services Confusable with KARDASHIAN JENNER PRODUCTIONS for Entertainment Services? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Precedential No. 6: "O EL CIELO VALLE DE GUADALUPE" Confusable with CIELO for Wine, TTAB Concludes thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/prec... 010
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sale of Four Saxophones over Five-Year Period Suffices to Avoid Abandonment, Say TTAB thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/sale... 021
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 04/09/2026TTAB Finds "FIND - FETCH - TRANSFER" Merely Descriptive of Delivery Robots thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Claim Preclusion and Nonuse Block "ERA 8 BY LAMAR JACKSON" Trademark Application thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/clai... 010
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026TTABlog Test: Is GOSHI for Body Lotions Confusable with GOCHI for Supplements? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026TTAB Posts September 2026 Hearing Schedule thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 28/08/2026TTAB Deems MONTANA EQUINE Confusable with MONTANA ROSE EQUINE THERAPY for Horse-related Services thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Know Your Baseball Idioms www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sou...merriam-webster.comKnow Your Baseball Idioms'Southpaw,' 'can of corn,' and other phrases from the diamond 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 27/08/2026TTAB Affirms Functionality Refusal of the Color Green for Surveyor Tripods thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 021
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, July-August 2026 Issue thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/reco... 022
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 25/08/2026TTAB Finds NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, S.C. to be Generic for . . . . Guess What? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 010
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 25/08/2026TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026TTABlog Tip: There is no such thing as an "incontestable" registration. The right to use a registered mark may become incontestable under Section 15, but a registration may always be cancelled for abandonment, fraud, nonuse. 021
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026TTABlog Tip: Only the Opposer is required to file a brief under Trademark Rule 2.128(a)(1). Opposer bears the burden of proving that Applicant is not entitled to the registration that it seeks even in the absence of contrary evidence or argument. DC Comics v. Cellular Nerd LLC (TTAB 2022) 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026TTABlog Tip: A mark’s “incontestable status does not render it commercially strong,” Iron Balls Int’l Ltd. v. Bull Creek Brewing, LLC, No. 92079099, 2024 WL 2844425, at *14 (TTAB 2024)." 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026TTABlog Test: Three More Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Naked Consent Agreement Fails to Prevent Section 2(d) Refusals of GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE over GODZILLA thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/nake... 012
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 19/08/2026TTABlog Test: Is HVNLYDAZE Confusable with HVNLYFIT for Overlapping Clothing Items? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 18/08/2026TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 011
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Tip from the TTABlog: "We may not read limitations from some parts of Registrant’s identification which are separated by semicolons into another. That is, a specific limitation in one part of the services does not limit more broadly described services." Serial No. 90321926 011
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Renown of Serena Williams Doesn't Avoid Refusal of SERENA VENTURES over SERENA for Investment Services thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/reno... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Tip from the TTABlog: "... most of the authorities relied on by Applicant are federal district and circuit court cases. *** We are not bound by these authorities. Rather, we apply the law set forth by the . . . Federal Circuit, its predecessor, the [CCPA] and precedential decisions of the Board." 011
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Tip from the TTABlog: "Applicant is permitted to cite to nonprecedential cases, but they have limited persuasive value, and the practice is not encouraged. *** For these reasons, we generally do not discuss such cases in decisions." Serial No. 90321926 011
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Prof. Thomas A. Reichert: The Board Changes Its Mind Without Changing the Record: Factor Six After Apex Bank thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/prof... 001
Reposted by TTABlogRebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 13/08/2026not with a bang, but with a whimper of whipped dogs? VIP prevails in Ninth Circuittushnet.blogspot.comnot with a bang, but with a whimper of whipped dogs? VIP prevails in Ninth CircuitVIP Prods., LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., No. 25-2027 (9th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026) VIP prevailed on remand on the confusion claim but ... 101
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 13/08/2026TTABlog Test: Is "ROUNDS" Merely Descriptive of Cigars? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 000
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 12/08/2026TTAB Deems PULSE DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS Generic for . . . . Guess What? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 11/08/2026TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Professor McCarthy: The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (Mis)Treatment of the Anti-Dilution Act thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/prof... 043
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 07/08/2026TTABlog Test: Is THE SKIN MIXOLOGY for Skin Care Preparations Confusable with MIXOLOGY for Custom-Blended Body Products? thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 001
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Ninth Circuit Vacates BAD SPANIELS Injunction Based on Dilution by Tarnishment, Orders Judgment for VIP thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/nint... 064
TTABlog @ttablog.bsky.social · 05/08/2026TTAB Reverses Specimen Refusal, Finding Webpage Sufficient for Pet Food Products thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttab... 122
