Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SUMMER 2016, Volume 41, Number 2
Content
- 2016 D.C. Trip Report
- 2016 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Copyright Commentary
- Google Books: Court's Conflation Creates Confusion
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2015-2016
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2015-2016
- Interest Group Reports
- International Ip Developments
- Legislation Update
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- The Licensing Corner
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
TTAB Decisions and Developments
JANE SHAY WALD
Irell & Manella LLP
APPLICANT’S SEC. 2(F) CLAIM OF ACQUIRED DISTINCTIVENESS STRUCK DOWN FOR LACK OF "SUBSTANTIALLY EXCLUSIVE USE" OF THE MARK; ACQUIESCENCE TO AVOID LITIGATION DOES NOT SUPPORT DISTINCTIVENESS; REQUEST FOR UNCONSENTED CONDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER WAS UNTIMELY AND IMPROPER
The Board sustained an opposition on the basis that the Applicant’s Section 2(f) claim of acquired distinctiveness could not stand, and that the AYOUB mark sought to be registered was primarily merely a surname.