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Lee Greenwood

12 Cited authorities

  1. Hana Fin., Inc. v. Hana Bank

    574 U.S. 418 (2015)   Cited 97 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Abrogating prior decisions holding this was a legal question

  2. Duopross Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd.

    695 F.3d 1247 (Fed. Cir. 2012)   Cited 25 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, although the Board may "ascertain the meaning and weight of each of the components that makes up the mark," it "ultimately must consider the mark as a whole and do so in the context of the goods or services at issue"

  3. Jack Wolfskin Ausrustung Fur Draussen GmbH & Co. KGAA v. New Millennium Sports, S.L.U.

    797 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2015)   Cited 17 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Board erred in giving little weight to evidence of registered third-party marks in actual use

  4. In re Thrifty, Inc.

    274 F.3d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2001)   Cited 10 times
    Applying the material alteration standard in affirming the Board's rejection of an amendment to a rejected trademark application

  5. CBS Inc. v. Morrow

    708 F.2d 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1983)   Cited 20 times
    In CBS, the court gave greater weight to the verbal portion of the subject mark because the evidence showed that “approximately 15% [of the product's] total sales are by mail order, and [the product's] 17–page catalog (of record) displays” the mark a number of times without its design elements.

  6. In re Hacot-Colombier

    105 F.3d 616 (Fed. Cir. 1997)   Cited 4 times

    No. 96-1240. January 21, 1997. Appealed from: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Andrew J. Gray, IV, Jacobson, Price, Holman Stern, P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC, argued, for appellant. With him on the brief was Simor L. Moskowitz. Albin F. Drost, Deputy Solicitor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, VA, argued, for the Commissioner. With him on the brief were Nancy J. Linck, Solicitor, and Nancy C. Slutter, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was Kevin

  7. In re Bose Corp.

    546 F.2d 893 (C.C.P.A. 1976)   Cited 1 times

    Patent Appeal No. 76-581. December 16, 1976. Charles Hieken, Hieken Cohen, Waltham, Mass., atty. of record, for appellant. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Fred W. Sherling, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. LANE, Judge. This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board) affirming the refusal to register SYNCOM for loudspeaker

  8. Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification

    15 U.S.C. § 1051   Cited 3,914 times   126 Legal Analyses
    Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark

  9. Section 1127 - Construction and definitions; intent of chapter

    15 U.S.C. § 1127   Cited 3,039 times   99 Legal Analyses
    Granting standing under § 1114 to the legal representative of the registrant of a trademark

  10. Section 1052 - Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,610 times   274 Legal Analyses
    Granting authority to refuse registration to a trademark that so resembles a registered mark "as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive"

  11. Section 2.52 - Types of drawings and format for drawings

    37 C.F.R. § 2.52   Cited 29 times
    Providing rules for applicants “who seek to register words, letters, numbers, or any combination thereof without claim to any particular font style, size, or color”

  12. Section 2.72 - Amendments to description or drawing of the mark

    37 C.F.R. § 2.72   Cited 6 times
    Amending a mark is permissible if “[t]he proposed amendment does not materially alter the mark.”