In late March, Nike Inc. filed suit claiming trademark infringement and dilution in connection with MSCHF Product Inc.’s marketing of a “Satan Shoe” bearing Nike’s trademark. U.S..
The TTABlogger has once again chosen the ten (10) TTAB (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) decisions that he considers to be the most important and/or interesting from the previous calendar year (2021).
After the Federal Circuit's In re Bose decision, submission of false declarations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) increased as parties believed that adverse consequences were unlikely.
In Chutter, Inc. v. Great Management Group, the TTAB eased the burden on plaintiffs by finding that a declarant’s failure to read an inaccurate declaration before submitting it to USPTO constituted reckless disregard for the truth and warranted canceling the registration.
In a recent precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board TTAB clarified the standard for the requisite intent for fraud left open by the Federal Circuit in In re Bose Corporation, 772 F.2d 866 (Fed. Cir. 1985).