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Written by : Catherine Holland & Eric R. Blosser Key Takeaway: The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“ TTAB ” or “the Board”) afforded no weight to a bare-bones trademark consent agreement that contained no provisions for the…
Written by : Jonathan Hyman and Nickolas Taylor Bayou Grande Coffee Roasting Company (“Bayou Grande”), a coffee company based out of St. Petersburg, Florida, faced a long and winding road to register its mark KAHWA in connection with…
Written by : Greg Phillips and Stella B. Haynes Kiehn In October 2025, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a precedential opinion that offers lessons on the limits of consent agreements in overcoming likelihood of confusion…
Written by : Greg Phillips In a precedential opinion issued in September 2025, the TTAB sustained the opposition of the mark, HOTEL EL ROBLAR, for hotel services in class 43, agreeing with the opposer that the applicant lacked bona fide intent to use the…
Written by : Justin J. Gillett and Susan E. Pratt, Ph.D. IN RE: ERIK BRUNETTI Before Lourie, Dyk , and Reyna. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal…
Written by : Justin J. Gillett and Oren J. Rosenberg IN RE: VETEMENTS GROUP AG Before Prost, Wallach , and Chen. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A party opposing application of the doctrine of foreign equivalents has the burden…
Imagine if someone, right now, went to the USPTO and filed a trademark registration that is too similar to yours? One of the options is to present an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and challenge the trademark registration. There…
