Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
PRECEDENT OF THE
TTAB
Mailed:
13 October 2009
feature of a mark.
2
Ser. No. 77356614
Id. at 4.
which leans lightly to the left and the letter Z at the end
3
Ser. No. 77356614
4
Ser. No. 77356614
“BIG” and the specimen also contains the phrase “When size
5
Ser. No. 77356614
descriptiveness.
446, 455 (1911). See also Nupla Corp. v. IXL Mfg. Co., 114
Cracknel and Specialty Co., 290 F.2d 845, 129 USPQ 411
6
Ser. No. 77356614
USPQ 215, 218 (CCPA 1978). In this case, we find that the
Corp., 476 F.3d 1331, 81 USPQ2d 1748, 1752 (Fed. Cir. 2007)
7
Ser. No. 77356614
In the present case, the parties are also the same and
distinctive.
8
Ser. No. 77356614
1980).
Clutter Control, Inc., 231 USPQ 588, 589 (TTAB 1986). See
9
Ser. No. 77356614
USPQ2d 1224, 1227 (TTAB 1987) (“[I]t is our view that the
See In re Jackson Hole Ski Corp., 190 USPQ 175, 176 (TTAB
10
Ser. No. 77356614
[and] the letters ‘JH’ are twice the size of the other
monogram; and that they are set down from the rest of the
Inc., 197 USPQ 714 (TTAB 1977) (Mark shown below with the
descriptive”).
11
Ser. No. 77356614
12
Ser. No. 77356614
such presentation”):
1984):
13
Ser. No. 77356614
See also In re Project Five, Inc., 209 USPQ 423, 425 (TTAB
components”);
14
Ser. No. 77356614
there is no rule that a word with some letters that are not
15
Ser. No. 77356614
descriptive.
is affirmed.
16