After about a two month hiatus, my “Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week” series continues with a battle between two titans of the cell phone industry. Nokia Corporation is the owner of various federal trademark registrations for marks that consist of a single letter and two numbers, including N70 (Reg. No. 3524307), N76 (Reg. No. [...]
Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week – Carefusion v. Numeritex
My “Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week” series is revived this week after a long hiatus thanks to a company located in San Diego called Carefusion 2200, Inc. Carefusion is the owner of a federal registration dating back to 1999 for the trademark VERSA-TRAC, which is registered for “lumbar spine retractors used for surgery of [...]
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 [...]
Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week – 9/27/09
This ridiculous trademark opposition involves two things most people strongly dislike: (1) unsolicited junk email and (2) canned meat. On September 18, 2009, Hormel Foods (“Hormel”) filed an opposition against a trademark application filed by an Austrian citizen for the mark SPAMROBIN for “computer programs and software for use in filtering out unsolicited emails in [...]
Ridiculous Trademark Opposition of the Week – 9/20/09
On September 18, 2009, the Detroit Tigers baseball club filed an opposition against two trademark applications filed by the well-known Build-A-Bear company. Build-A-Bear’s trademark applications are for: BUILD-A-TIGER for “plush and stuffed toys and accessories therefor; clothing for stuffed and plush toys” (Serial No. 77630189) BUILD-A-TIGER for “retail store services and on-line retail store services [...]
