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Dakota Natural Foods, Inc.

No. 77356614 (T.T.A.B. Oct. 13, 2009)
Dakota Natural Foods, Inc.

8 Cited authorities

  1. In re Bayer

    488 F.3d 960 (Fed. Cir. 2007)   Cited 40 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Endorsing the use of internet evidence as admissible and competent evidence for evaluating a trademark

  2. Seabrook Foods v. Bar-Well Foods LTD

    568 F.2d 1342 (C.C.P.A. 1978)   Cited 100 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth analysis governing inherent distinctiveness of design marks

  3. Standard Paint Co. v. Trinidad Asph. Co.

    220 U.S. 446 (1911)   Cited 128 times
    Holding that a trademark in "Ruberoid"—a misspelling of "Rubberoid"—was descriptive and did not "become arbitrary by being misspelled"

  4. In re Bose Corp.

    476 F.3d 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2007)   Cited 11 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing in the context of administrative proceedings that courts should "exercise caution in applying claim preclusion in an ex parte proceeding"

  5. Nupla Corp. v. IXL, Manufacturing Co.

    114 F.3d 191 (Fed. Cir. 1997)   Cited 17 times
    Holding that "cush-n-grip" is generic adjective for cushion-gripped tools

  6. Application of Abcor Development Corp.

    588 F.2d 811 (C.C.P.A. 1978)   Cited 36 times   2 Legal Analyses
    In Abcor, the question before the court was whether applicant's alleged mark (GASBADGE) was "merely descriptive" within the meaning of § 2(e)(1) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(e)(1).

  7. In re Gyulay

    820 F.2d 1216 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 14 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that the Board did not err in affirming the examiner's prima facie case that the mark was merely descriptive

  8. 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