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The Post Office

No. 74523981 (T.T.A.B. Apr. 17, 2001)
The Post Office

8 Cited authorities

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

    529 U.S. 205 (2000)   Cited 798 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that fanciful, arbitrary, and suggestive marks are inherently distinctive

  2. Burke-Parsons-Bowlby v. Appalachian Log Homes

    871 F.2d 590 (6th Cir. 1989)   Cited 86 times
    Holding that " trademark that is primarily geographically descriptive must have acquired secondary meaning to invoke the protection of the Lanham Act."

  3. In re Compagnie Generale Maritime

    993 F.2d 841 (Fed. Cir. 1993)   Cited 12 times

    No. 91-1102. April 29, 1993. Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Declined June 7, 1993. Marc E. Brown, Poms, Smith, Lande Rose, Professional Corp., Los Angeles, CA, argued for appellant. With him on the brief was Brian W. Kasell. Albin F. Drost, Deputy Sol., Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, VA, argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Fred E. McKelvey, Solicitor. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Before NIES, Chief Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and

  4. In re Societe Generale Des Eaux Minerales De Vittel S.A.

    824 F.2d 957 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 9 times   2 Legal Analyses

    No. 87-1127. July 14, 1987. Paul F. Kilmer, Mason, Fenwick Lawrence, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Albin F. Drost, Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, Va., for appellee. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH and BISSELL, Circuit Judges. RICH, Circuit Judge. This appeal is from the 30 September 1986 decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (board), 1 USPQ2d

  5. In re Mid-West Abrasive Co.

    146 F.2d 1011 (C.C.P.A. 1945)   Cited 2 times

    Patent Appeals Nos. 4935, 4936. January 4, 1945. Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents, Serial Nos. 4935, 4936. Proceedings in the matter of the separate applications of Mid-West Abrasive Company for registration of two trade-marks. From the decisions of the Commissioner of Patents affirming decisions of the Examiner of Trade-Marks denying the application, applicant appeals. Affirmed. Whittemore, Hulbert Belknap, Clarence B. Zewadski, and William H. Gross, all of Detroit, Mich., for appellant.

  6. Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification

    15 U.S.C. § 1051   Cited 3,910 times   126 Legal Analyses
    Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark

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

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,607 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"

  8. Section 1729 - Post office conducted without authority

    18 U.S.C. § 1729   Cited 2 times

    Whoever, without authority from the Postal Service, sets up or professes to keep any office or place of business bearing the sign, name, or title of post office, shall be fined under this title. 18 U.S.C. § 1729 June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 785; Pub. L. 91-375, §6(j) (34), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147. HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §302 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §179, 35 Stat. 1123)