Appeal Board

Article 4(1)(xi), Composite mark, compound mark, Device mark, Similarity of mark, similarity of service, Trademark Appeal 07/02/2022

Trademark dispute: RIVER vs river

In a recent decision, the JPO Appea…

alphabetical name, Article 4(1)(xi), compound mark, similarity of goods, Similarity of mark, Trademark Appeal 05/15/2021

Trademark Similarity: APLAY vs applay

In a trademark dispute pertinent to…

Article 3(1)(vi), Figurative mark 08/26/2018

Is Polaroid Photo Frame trademarked?

In a recent decision, the Appeal Bo…

Article 4(1)(xi), Figurative mark 02/17/2018

Appeal Board reversed examiner’s rejection in the BOB trademark dispute

In an administrative appeal disputi…

Acquired distinctiveness, Article 3(1)(3), Article 3(2), Madrid Protocol, Three dimensional mark 10/14/2017

It is just a 3D shape of electronic baccarat shoe, or trademark?

In a lawsuit disputing adequacy of …

Article 3(1), Descriptive mark 04/22/2017

Chemical Equation can function as a trademark?

The Appeal Board of JPO dismissed e…

Descriptive mark 12/03/2016

The Appeal Board overruled examiner decision to negate inherent distinctiveness of a mark consisting of landscape painting.

Applied mark consists of a landscap…