Category: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

Swear Word Cannot Be Trademarked, Intellectual Property Appeals Tribunal Rules

After winning his case at the Supreme Court allowing the trademarking of a word that can be pronounced the same way as the past participle of a swear word, a designer found his application to trademark the actual swear word rejected by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In a precedent-setting decision, the TTAB…


Swear Word Can’t Be Trademarked, Intellectual Property Appeals Tribunal Rules

After winning his case at the Supreme Court allowing the trademarking of a word that can be pronounced the same way as the past participle of a swear word, a designer found his application to trademark the actual swear word rejected by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In a precedent-setting decision, the TTAB…