Los Angeles, CA – Trademark attorneys for Metrokane sought review and reversal, at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles, of the final decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) cancelling the registration of its Houdini trademark. Metrokane’s Houdini…
The Trademark Trial And Appeal Board (“TTAB”) issued a ruling in In re Right-On Co., Ltd., affirming the examining attorney’s refusal to register Right-On’s three trademark applications, covering stitching on the back pockets of jeans, because they were a form of ornamentation and were not inherently distinctive to function as…
A trademark cancellation proceeding – which is similar to a lawsuit – was filed at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) by John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, against Lennon Murphy, the registrant of the “Lennon” trademark. Murphy, a musician, filed an “intent to use” trademark application with the United…