The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has
scheduled seven (7) oral hearings for the month of October 2019.
Four of the hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison
Building, in Alexandria, Virginia. The first hearing listed below
will be held at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago. The
hearings for the last two listed cases will be held at Gaylord
National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor,
Maryland. Briefs and other papers for these cases may be found at
TTABVUE via the links provided.
Entertainment Content, Inc. v. Career Sports &
Entertainment, Inc., Opposition No. 91223121 [Section 2(d)
opposition to registration of the mark JUSTICE
NETWORK for television programming services and video
production and distribution, in view of the registered marks
JUSTICE CENTRAL and
JUSTICECENTRAL.TV for video and audio programming
and transmission service].
, Serial No. 87661190 [Section 2(e)(2) refusal to register
SMITHFIELD for meat, lard, and offal on the ground
that the mark is primarily geographically descriptive of the
goods].
, Opposition No. 91224000 [Opposition to registration of
CHARLESTON HARBOR TOURS for "Arranging of
travel tours and cruises; Boat transport; Conducting boat charters;
Conducting power boat charters; Conducting sightseeing travel tours
by boat; Conducting sightseeing travel tours for others; Travel
tour conducting; Travel tour guide services; Yacht and boat charter
services" on the grounds of genericness, mere descriptiveness
and lack of acquired distinctiveness, and non-ownership].
In re Hidive LLC, Serial No. 87819793
[Section 2(d) refusal of DUBCAST for
"Transmission and delivery of television programs via the
internet; Transmission of information in the audiovisual field;
Electronic transmission and streaming of digital media content for
others via global and local computer networks; Video broadcasting
and transmission services via the Internet, featuring films and
movies; Video-on-demand transmission services; Video-on-demand
transmission services via the Internet," in view of the
registered mark DUBLAB (in standard character
form) for "broadcasting programs via a global computer
network"].
, Serial No. 87648828 [Refusal to register INTELLIGENCE
OF THINGS for "Supply chain management services;
business management services, namely, managing logistics, reverse
logistics, supply chain services, supply chain synchronization,
supply and demand forecasting, and product distribution processes
for others," on the ground that it fails to function as a
service mark, but rather comprises a commonplace term, message, or
expression widely used by a variety of sources that merely conveys
an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment].
, Serial No. 87661190 [Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness
refusal of SEQUENCING BY BINDING for
"reagents for analysis of biological analytes; research
laboratory analyzers for analysis of biological analytes for
non-medical purposes devices for analysis of biological analytes
for medical purposes; analysis of biological analytes; development
of new technology for others for analysis of biological
analyte"].
, Serial No. 87791970 [Section 2(d) refusal of PARC
& LEX in the design form shown below, for
"Clothing, namely, t-shirts, sweatshirts, skirts, pants,
jeans, coats, dresses, underwear, tops and bottoms; headwear;
footwear," in view of the registered mark PARK &
LEX for "Jewelry, namely, necklaces, bracelets and
earrings"].
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