When an opinion in an ex parte appeal is only seven pages long, it's usually bad news for the applicant. Here, Applicant Solo Beats applied to register the mark shown below left, for "audio speakers.
The Board denied a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark THE NATURAL DOG FOOD MARKET & Design for "retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others,".
The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark LUCKENBACH for whiskey, vodka, rum, and gin, on the ground that the mark is primarily merely a surname under Section 2(e)(4).