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By my count, the Board has affirmed 40 of the first 44 Section 2(e)(1) refusals that it reviewed this year. Here are three more. At least one was…

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent.

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark CAPTAIN CANNABIS for comic books, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with Petitioner Laverne J. Andrusiek's identical mark...

Last week, the TTAB ruled on the appeals from the three Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals summarized below. Let's see how you do with them. Results will be found in the first comment.

So far this year, the Board has affirmed 112 of the 119 Section 2(d) refusals on appeal.

The USPTO refused to register the mark shown below left, for "Metal fabrication and finishing services for others; Machine shop services, namely, machining parts for others...