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by John L. Welch

TTAB Posts November 2026 Hearing Schedule

TTABlog Test: Is HARD WATER Merely Descriptive of Canned Alcoholic Beverages?

TTAB Finds "THE JONES" for a Host of Services to be Primarily Merely a Surname

TTAB Refuses to Vacate Prior Decision Despite Stipulated Dismissal of Section 1071(b) Civil Action for Review

TTAB Enters Summary Judgment Dismissing EMPOWER Monogram Opposition: First DuPont Factor Dispositive

TTABlog Test: Is this Word+Design Mark, with BLOCKOUT Disclaimed, Inherently Distinctive?

TTAB Deems TALKIE Confusable with TALKIE.AI & Design for Chatbot Software, Rejecting Crowded Field Argument

TTAB Finds "PERMANENT JEWELRY WELDER" Merely Descriptive of . . . Guess What?

TTABlog Test: Is HIGHROAD PAVEMENT SERVICES Confusable with BUILDING THE HIGH ROAD for Road Construction Services?

TTAB Remands RAPUNZEL Application to the Examining Attorney for Re-Consideration of the Registrability of RAPUNZEL for Dolls

TTAB Orders Cancellation of "THE REMNANT" Registration for Religious Services Despite Weakness of Petitioner's Identical Common Law Mark

TTAB Dismiss AURI Supplements Opposition, Finding the Goods Unrelated to Agricultural Services and Rejecting Actual Confusion Evidence

TTABlog Test: Is TRU SUPPORT COMFORT YOU CAN FEEL for Clothing Confusable with TRUSUPPORT for Bras?

ZEN WAFFLES Confusable with ZEN BAKERY, Says TTAB

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TTAB Posts November 2026 Hearing Schedule

TTABlog Test: Is HARD WATER Merely Descriptive of Canned Alcoholic Beverages?

Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, September - October 2026 Issue

TTAB Finds "THE JONES" for a Host of Services to be Primarily Merely a Surname

TTAB Refuses to Vacate Prior Decision Despite Stipulated Dismissal of Section 1071(b) Civil Action for Review

TTAB Enters Summary Judgment Dismissing EMPOWER Monogram Opposition: First DuPont Factor Dispositive

TTABlog Test: Is this Word+Design Mark, with BLOCKOUT Disclaimed, Inherently Distinctive?

TTAB Deems TALKIE Confusable with TALKIE.AI & Design for Chatbot Software, Rejecting Crowded Field Argument

TTAB Finds "PERMANENT JEWELRY WELDER" Merely Descriptive of . . . Guess What?

TTABlog Test: Is HIGHROAD PAVEMENT SERVICES Confusable with BUILDING THE HIGH ROAD for Road Construction Services?

TTAB Remands RAPUNZEL Application to the Examining Attorney for Re-Consideration of the Registrability of RAPUNZEL for Dolls

TTAB Orders Cancellation of "THE REMNANT" Registration for Religious Services Despite Weakness of Petitioner's Identical Common Law Mark

TTAB Dismiss AURI Supplements Opposition, Finding the Goods Unrelated to Agricultural Services and Rejecting Actual Confusion Evidence

TTABlog Test: Is TRU SUPPORT COMFORT YOU CAN FEEL for Clothing Confusable with TRUSUPPORT for Bras?

ZEN WAFFLES Confusable with ZEN BAKERY, Says TTAB