WASHINGTON (BRAIN) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld the registration of the Ranger Trek trademark, which Trek Bicycle had opposed.Christina Isaacs, a Washington state woman, had first applied to register Ranger Trek in 2016, for use on products that would primarily be sold in National Park stores. Trek Bicycle said consumers could confuse Ranger
A version of this article ran in the January issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News.WOODINVILLE, Wash. (BRAIN) Without objection, “trek” is a lovely word, whether a noun or a verb. TREK™, though, is something else entirely.Those hoping to register a trademark including those four letters should review Trek Bicycle’s three decades of efforts to defend its interest in them.