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The rate of affirmance for Section 2(d) refusals is running at 85% or so this year. That's about 5% lower than usual. Here are three recent TTAB… ....
So far this year, the Board has affirmed 135 of the 144 Section 2(d) refusals on appeal (just about 94%). Here are three decisions that came down late last week. How do you think they came out? [Results in first comment]. ....
We haven't had a failure-to-function case in a while. Here, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark BUILT BY GOD for various clothing items, finding that the phrase fails to function. ....
I don't like to accuse any party of being a bully. I understand the trademark owner's duty to police its marks. But this case has tested my resolve. ....