Finding that promotional use of a mark on “incidental products” like whiskey, pens, watches, sunglasses, and food did not constitute use of mark for cigarettes
Holding that the assignment of the trade name "Dial-A-Mattress" to a corporation already using that name was not invalid as an assignment in gross; assignee had already built up substantial goodwill in the name before the assignment and the assignor had no other assets except its intellectual property at the time of the assignment
Holding that in the absence of evidence of intent to resume use during the period of non-use, the TTAB "may conclude the registrant has . . . failed to rebut the presumption of abandonment," even when there is evidence of intent to resume after the period of nonuse
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Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint