This week’s post is a good example of the Trademark Office arguably failing to competently perform its duties and the importance of the opposition period to those who may be affected by the Trademark Office’s questionable decisions. On November 8, 2007, the well-known restaurant chain Subway filed an application to register the trademark FOOTLONG for [...]
December 7, 2009 – A Special (K) Day for Kellogg’s
As many of you already know from previous postings, I browse through the records of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board nearly every weekend to see what’s happening in the exciting world of trademark oppositions (what, you don’t spend your Sunday mornings doing the same thing?). Well, my research today revealed that the well-known Kellogg [...]
Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week – 12/06/09
This Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week is brought to you by a company who has to sell its watches for thousands of dollars so that it can finance even more ridiculous trademark oppositions. On July 21, 2009, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity filed an application to register the following trademark for a variety of [...]
