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Progressive Group Alliance, LLC

No. 78900665 (T.T.A.B. Sep. 26, 2008)
Progressive Group Alliance, LLC

8 Cited authorities

  1. Armstrong Co. v. Nu-Enamel Corp.

    305 U.S. 315 (1938)   Cited 344 times
    Holding that registration of a mark "does not create any substantive rights in the registrant"

  2. Borinquen Biscuit Corp. v. M.V. Trading Corp.

    443 F.3d 112 (1st Cir. 2006)   Cited 133 times
    Holding that "the PTO's acceptance of these other marks[containing 'rica'] for registration supports the idea that 'rica' can be an inherently distinctive term"

  3. In re Nett Designs, Inc.

    236 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2001)   Cited 28 times
    Finding that prior registrations of marks including the term ULTIMATE "do not conclusively rebut the Board's finding that ULTIMATE is descriptive in the context of this mark"

  4. 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).

  5. 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

  6. Action Temporary Services v. Labor Force

    870 F.2d 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1989)   Cited 10 times

    No. 88-1446. March 23, 1989. J. Rodman Steele, Steele, Gould Fried, Philadelphia, Pa., argued for appellant. With him on the brief was Gregory A. Nelson. Jonathan E. Jobe, Jr., Hubbard, Thurman, Turner Tucker, Dallas, Tex., argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Molly Buck Richard. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Before RICH, SMITH and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges. EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge. In this concurrent use proceeding, the

  7. Application of Hercules Fasteners

    203 F.2d 753 (C.C.P.A. 1953)   Cited 11 times

    Patent Appeal No. 5964. April 15, 1953. John L. Seymour, New York City (N. Douglas Parker, Jr., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellant. E.L. Reynolds, Washington, D.C. (Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents. Before GARRETT, Chief Judge, and O'CONNELL, JOHNSON, WORLEY, and COLE, Judges. JOHNSON, Judge. This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, speaking through the Assistant Commissioner, 92 U.S.P.Q. 287, affirming the conditional

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

    15 U.S.C. § 1052   Cited 1,616 times   275 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"