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Jul. 17, 2015
Recent decision will affect strategy to protect marks
Registration proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board are become more hotly contested due to a recent Supreme Court decision. By Rosalyn Chapman
More than 12 years ago, based upon a prior Trademark Trial Appeal Board (TTAB) decision
finding a "likelihood of confusion," I applied the principle of collateral estoppel
to preclude the defendant in a trademark infringement action from re-litigating whether
the use of its trade name resulted in a "likelihood of confusion" with the plaintiff's
registered tradem...
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