The Hook ’em Horns of the University of Texas earned a big win in a recent trademark opposition proceeding. This is an interesting sports trademark case.
The case, the Board of Regents of the University of Texas v. Kendall A. Beaver, was brought by UT against the owner of the following trademark application:
The Applicant’s…
A trademark registration for the mark PROHEAR for audio headphones and related goods has been cancelled based on a likelihood of confusion with the mark PROTEAR for similar goods. The trademark cancellation proceeding was filed and decided before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
The case, Hangzhou Zhaohu Technology Co., Ltd. v. Hangzhou Johnson…
A recent trademark opposition is a lesson in how to properly establish a likelihood of confusion for apparel goods.
In Roots Corporation v. Colorful Roots LLC, the Opposer, Roots Corporation, relied on several of its trademark registrations of ROOTS and its derivatives. The “Roots” Marks, for various apparel items and related accessories in Class 25,…
Non profit trademark owners can be protective about their brand names, too.
Competing Alzheimer’s foundations recently battled it out in a trademark opposition before the Board. In the end, the Board was more charitable to the Opposer, ruling in its favor on its likelihood of confusion claim.
Background. In Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association,…
What are Trademark Cancellation and Priority Evidence? [Case Study]
A trademark cancellation proceeding for likelihood of confusion was recently decided by the Board. It is a good lesson in evidentiary best practices.
In Marco Industries, Inc. v. Mark White, the Petitioner sought to cancel U.S. Reg. No. 4880452 of VITABUD GROW for fertilizers in International…
When it comes to trademark oppositions, it pays to be Kühl.
In Alfwear Inc. v. Shuff, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board was asked to consider whether the Applicant’s KU:L and design trademark for bicycles in International Class 12 created a likelihood of confusion with Opposer’s asserted “family” of KUHL trademarks for inter alia,…
A U.S. trademark cancellation proceeding is a legal case, similar to a civil lawsuit (although it is by contrast processed in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board).
Trademark owners often have situations where their trademark application has been refused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office due to a preexisting trademark registration.
If the refusal…
A petition for cancellation of a U.S. trademark registration is available to any party who believes that an already existing federal trademark registration should not be allowed to remain an active registration due to a variety of grounds, including abandonment of the trademark.
What is meant by trademark abandonment and how is it proven?
What…
