Trademark

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) takes on another automobile-related trademark case, this time between General Motors and Jim M. Sweeney, who wanted to register CORVOLTTE to identify “electric vehicles, namely, automobiles.” Of course, general General Motors opposed the registration of CORVOLTTE on grounds of priority and likelihood of confusion with its CORVETTE mark. […]

Policing your trademarks is as important as registering them.  Policing requires that you monitor the world of commerce to insure that others are not using your marks — or confusingly similar marks — and, if so, that you take immediate action against the infringers.  Big corporations zealously defend their trademark portfolios but have they taken […]

I took my Cobra down to the track,hitched to the back of my Cadillac, Everyone was there just a waiting for me There were plenty of Stingrays and XKEs… (written by Carol Conner)The Rip-Chords – 1964 It’s just a shame that, according to the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”), your 1965 Cobra 427, […]

Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to find a bottle of champagne in the domestic section of your local wine and spirits store?  This is because the sparkling wine called “Champagne” is not a domestic product; it is produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France. Through international treaty, most countries limit […]