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Optiva Corp.

No. 76143014 (T.T.A.B. Apr. 5, 2005)
Optiva Corp.

8 Cited authorities

  1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.

    529 U.S. 205 (2000)   Cited 803 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fanciful, arbitrary, and suggestive marks are inherently distinctive

  2. In re Chemical Dynamics, Inc.

    839 F.2d 1569 (Fed. Cir. 1988)   Cited 14 times
    Concluding that generalized sales and advertising figures do not establish secondary meaning where the alleged mark is not promoted by itself but instead as part of a larger mark or with other designs or marks

  3. 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

  4. Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification

    15 U.S.C. § 1051   Cited 3,922 times   127 Legal Analyses
    Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark

  5. 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”

  6. Section 2.51 - Drawing required

    37 C.F.R. § 2.51   Cited 13 times
    Allowing a typed drawing for marks consisting of words that are not depicted in special form

  7. 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.”

  8. Section 2.142 - Time and manner of ex parte appeals

    37 C.F.R. § 2.142   Cited 3 times   1 Legal Analyses

    (a) (1) An appeal filed under the provisions of § 2.141(a) from the final refusal of an application must be filed within the time provided in § 2.62(a) . (2) An appeal filed under the provisions of § 2.141(b) from an expungement or reexamination proceeding must be filed within three months from the issue date of the final Office action. (3) An appeal is taken by filing a notice of appeal, as prescribed in § 2.126 , and paying the appeal fee. (b) (1) The brief of appellant shall be filed within sixty