Intellectual Property News and Reports

Corcamore LLC appeals an order of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The Board entered default judgment as a sanction against Corcamore, which resulted in the cancellation of Corcamore’s trademark registration for SPROUT. On... Read more →

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board determined that Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty. Ltd. (“Australian”) lacks standing to petition for cancellation of a trademark registration. The Board reasoned that Australian could not show an interest in the cancellation proceeding or a... Read more →

Lanard Toys Limited (“Lanard”) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida granting summary judgment in favor of Dolgencorp LLC, Ja-Ru, Inc., and Toys “R” Us–Delaware, Inc. (collectively, “Appellees”) with respect to... Read more →

Stratus Networks, Inc., appeals from a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision that denied registration of Stratus’s trademark on grounds of a likelihood of confusion with a trademark registered to UBTA-UBET Communications, Inc. On appeal, Stratus challenges the Board’s likelihood... Read more →

Forney Industries, Inc. (“Forney”) appeals from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) which affirmed the trademark examining attorney’s refusal to register Forney’s proposed mark on grounds that the proposed mark is of a type that... Read more →

Hylete LLC appeals from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sustaining Hybrid Athletics, LLC’s opposition to Hylete’s trademark registration application. We conclude that Hylete waived the arguments on which its appeal relies because it raises new issues... Read more →

Swagway, LLC appeals the Final Determination of the International Trade Commission (“the Commission”), which found that Swagway violated 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (“Section 337”). Because we conclude that the Commission did not err in its determination, we affirm. Download Swagway... Read more →

Guild Mortgage Co. (“Guild”) appeals a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirming the examiner’s refusal to register the mark “GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY” and design shown below based on a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark “GUILD... Read more →

Omaha Steaks International, Inc. (“Omaha Steaks”) appeals a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) dismissing its opposition (No. 91213527) to Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc.’s (“GOP”) application to register the mark “GREATER OMAHA PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY... Read more →

Converse, Inc., appeals from a final determination of the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) that held invalid Converse’s trademark in the midsole design of its Chuck Taylor All Star shoes, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,398,753 (“the ’753 trademark”). Because it found... Read more →