Friday, January 13, 2012

TTAB Issued 37 Precedential Decisions in 2011

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued 37 precedential decisions in calendar 2011, a decrease of about 30% from the average annual output of 56 for the prior five-year period. The ratio of precedential decisions to total decisions, however, remained relatively constant according to my calculation: about 10 to 12 %. In other words, the total number of final decisions issued by the Board fell considerably last year, perhaps because so many Board employees were focusing on completion of the long-awaited revision to the Trademark Board Manual of Procedure. In any case, here is a running compilation of the precedential decisions of 2011, categorized according to subject matter.


Section 2(a) - Immoral or Scandalous:

Section 2(d) - likelihood of confusion:

Section 2(e)(1) - Mere descriptiveness:

Section 2(e)(3) - Primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive:

Section 2(e)(5) - Functionality:

Section 2(f) - acquired distinctiveness:

Concurrent Use:

Dilution:


Failure to Function:

Genericness:

Goods in Trade:

Lack of bona fide intent:


Res judicata:

Single Creative Work:

TTAB Discovery/Evidence/Procedure:

Text ©John L. Welch 2011-12.

1 Comments:

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