Legal Opinion
In Re Oppedahl & Larson LLP
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 25, 2004No. 03-1525, 78/061,755PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board) affirmed the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO’s) refusal to register the mark patents.com to appellant Oppedahl & Larson, LLP. Because the proposed mark is merely descriptive under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(e)(1), this court affirms.
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On May 3, 2001, appellant filed an intent-to-use application to register the mark patents.com under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b)(1). The application eventually identified the relevant goods as “Computer software for managing a database of records and for tracking the status of the records by means of…
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