The Board was found to have applied the wrong standard for the second time in adjudicating the same claim.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board applied the wrong standard in determining that an…
As you may recall from our post on the 'Sony Vita' invalidation case, where a trade mark is registered for a product but only used for something viewed by consumers as a different product, the trade…
Previously on the Kluwer Trademark Blog
We have amply reported about the Gömböc case before. If you have missed the previous episodes, you may read our post on the request for a preliminary ruling to…
CA 8668/19 CHANEL v. SCENTWISH LTD— Supreme Court decision dated October 31, 2021
The Israeli Supreme Court has recently remanded to the District Court for further review a claim for a declaratory…
On 14 July 2021 the General Court (The Court) issued a decision in a matter between Cole Haan LLC (Cole Haan) and the Danish clothing company Samsøe and Samsøe Holding A/S (Samsøe and Samsøe) in the…
The Board erred by failing to consider whether the registered BROOKLYN BREW SHOP mark has acquired distinctiveness for beer-making kits.
In an effort by the owners of the mark BROOKLYN BREWERY to…
Paragraph 30(2)(a) of the Trademarks Act requires that an application for a trademark must describe the associated goods and services in “ordinary commercial terms.” Approximately 64% of all…
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The German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) has issued a landmark decision on the relationship between national trademark law and the protection of geographical…
Panel confirms that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) need not find that a German company owned a US trademark rights to pursue a cancelation action.
In denying a California piano retailer’…
A party that was voluntarily dismissed from an ordinary trademark infringement case was not the "prevailing" party and was not entitled to attorney fees under the Lanham Act or Florida law.
The U.S.…
