Before Prost, Taranto, and Stark. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Continuous-use evidence is not necessarily prima facie evidence of acquired distinctiveness for a highly ...

Major League Baseball’s Athletics franchise, formerly the Oakland Athletics, has twice been refused a trademark registration ...

Suppose you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods/services for your business. What if the trademark describes an ingredient, quality, feature, function, characteristic, or ...

A trademark is a word or combination of words, a logo, design or even a color. The purpose of a mark is to allow the owner, a seller or maker of goods or services, to identify its products in the ...