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Anthony R. Martin

No. 85501340 (T.T.A.B. Dec. 9, 2013)
Anthony R. Martin

9 Cited authorities

  1. Palm Bay Imp. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

    396 F.3d 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 72 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Finding similarity between "VEUVE ROYALE" and "VEUVE CLICQUOT" because "VEUVE ... remains a ‘prominent feature’ as the first word in the mark and the first word to appear on the label"

  2. In re Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Smith

    828 F.2d 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 57 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding applicant's incontestable registration of a service mark for "cash management account" did not automatically entitle applicant to registration of that mark for broader financial services

  3. In re Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.

    777 F.2d 1556 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 49 times
    Holding "[e]vidence of the public's understanding of term," for purposes of establishing if mark is descriptive, "may be obtained from any competent source, including .^.^. dictionaries"

  4. H. Marvin Ginn Corp. v. International Ass'n of Fire Chiefs, Inc.

    782 F.2d 987 (Fed. Cir. 1986)   Cited 44 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Reversing decision of TTAB that "Fire Chief," as applied to monthly magazine circulated to fire departments, was generic

  5. Magic Wand, Inc. v. RDB, Inc.

    940 F.2d 638 (Fed. Cir. 1991)   Cited 32 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that the Lanham Act is clear "that the relevant public for a genericness determination is the purchasing or consuming public"

  6. In re Spirits Intern., N.V

    563 F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2009)   Cited 8 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting that “[t]he Lanham Act was designed to codify, not change, the common law in this area”

  7. Weiss Noodle v. Golden Cracknel Specialty

    290 F.2d 845 (C.C.P.A. 1961)   Cited 24 times
    Denying registration of a generically descriptive mark in Hungarian

  8. In re Northern Paper Mills

    64 F.2d 998 (C.C.P.A. 1933)   Cited 7 times
    Prohibiting registration of a descriptive non-English mark regardless of "the idea which may, or may not, convey to the general public"

  9. Section 1091 - Supplemental register

    15 U.S.C. § 1091   Cited 77 times
    Stating that marks registered on the Supplemental Register "must be capable of distinguishing the applicant's goods or services"