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178 Board decisions, each coded to a fixed schema and rewritten so a non-lawyer can follow it. The outcome is on every card, so you can rule one out without opening it. Every record also says whether its own Board docket has been checked for a later reversal or vacatur — 25 have not been, and they say so. A docket check does not show whether later cases changed the law.
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Disclaimer requirement upheld
In re Brainlab SE
The Board agreed that DYNAMIC SURFACE merely describes what Brainlab’s radiotherapy patient-tracking systems do (continuously track a moving patient’s body surface), so Brainlab must…
79371727 · 2026-05-26 · EXACTRAC DYNAMIC SURFACE
Applications saved by disclaimer
In re Spotlight Oral Care Limited
After the Board upheld the requirement that Spotlight Oral Care disclaim the descriptive phrase MADE BY DENTISTS in its green monster logo for toothpaste, whitening products, and…
79380381 · 2026-04-20 · MADE BY DENTISTS & design (green monster character)
Applications saved by disclaimer
In re Spotlight Oral Care Limited
After the Board upheld the requirement that Spotlight Oral Care disclaim the descriptive phrase MADE BY DENTISTS in its blue monster logo for toothpaste, whitening products, and…
79382237 · 2026-04-20 · MADE BY DENTISTS & design (blue ghost-like monster character)
Applications saved by disclaimer
In re Spotlight Oral Care Limited
After the Board upheld the requirement that Spotlight Oral Care disclaim the descriptive phrase MADE BY DENTISTS in its pink monster logo for toothpaste, whitening products, and…
79383214 · 2026-04-20 · MADE BY DENTISTS & design (pink monster character)
Applications saved by disclaimer
In re Spotlight Oral Care Limited
After the Board upheld the requirement that Spotlight Oral Care disclaim the descriptive phrase MADE BY DENTISTS in its orange monster logo for toothpaste, whitening products, and…
79384076 · 2026-04-20 · MADE BY DENTISTS & design (brown/orange monster character)
Applications saved by disclaimer
In re Spotlight Oral Care Limited
After the Board upheld the requirement that Spotlight Oral Care disclaim the descriptive phrase MADE BY DENTISTS in its purple one-eyed monster logo for toothpaste, whitening products, and…
79384077 · 2026-04-20 · MADE BY DENTISTS & design (purple one-eyed monster character)
Refusal affirmed
In re Lasertec Corporation
Because Lasertec’s GALOIS mark for semiconductor wafer inspection machines is identical to the registered GALOIS mark for cameras and scanners, and the evidence showed those products work…
79358845 · 2026-03-16 · GALOIS v. GALOIS
Refusal affirmed
In re Robert Sulic
The Board found Robert Sulic’s BLACK SWAN vodka mark identical to the registered BLACK SWAN mark for wines, and because vodka and wine are related drinks sold through overlapping channels…
79375327 · 2026-01-07 · BLACK SWAN v. BLACK SWAN
Refusal affirmed
In re Robert Sulic
The Board found Robert Sulic’s BLACK SWAN VODKA label (castle, mountains, and swan design) confusingly similar to the registered BLACK SWAN mark for wines; the swan picture just reinforces…
79375609 · 2026-01-07 · BLACK SWAN VODKA & design v. BLACK SWAN
Refusal reversed
In re Jason Jimenez
The Board found GASPER ROOFING for roofing services is not likely to be confused with the registered mark JASPER CONTRACTORS for identical roofing services, because the marks differ in…
97551823 · 2025-11-05 · GASPER ROOFING (standard characters; ROOFING disclaimed; registration sought under Section 2(f) as to the entirety of the mark) v. JASPER CONTRACTORS (standard characters; CONTRACTORS disclaimed)
Opposition sustained
El Roblar Investment Property LLC v. Bianca Roe
The Board blocked Bianca Roe’s registration of THE HOTEL EL ROBLAR for hotel services because she had no real intention to use the name when she filed, having offered to sell all her Hotel…
Opposition No. 91272200 · 2025-09-22 · THE HOTEL EL ROBLAR v. Hotel El Roblar (opposer's planned hotel name; no registration)
Refusal affirmed
In re Coventya
The Board found that FINIGARD for metal anti-corrosion and electroplating chemicals is too similar to the registered mark INFINIGUARD for anti-corrosion coatings, so FINIGARD cannot be…
79319649 · 2025-08-08 · FINIGARD v. INFINIGUARD
Application saved by disclaimer
In re Panificio Villa S.r.l.
After the Board initially upheld the requirement that Panificio Villa disclaim exclusive rights in the descriptive term PIZZACCIA in its stylized pizza-bakery logo, the company timely filed…
79351998 · 2025-07-29 · PIZZACCIA (stylized) with tagline LA PIZZA PIÙ FOCACCIA CHE C'È!
Refusal upheld for the Class 31 plants
In re WeGrow Germany GmbH
WeGrow for living trees is too similar to the registered WeGrow for fertilizers because the goods are complementary and sold in the same nurseries, though the Class 44 horticulture services…
79331774 · 2025-03-12 · WeGrow (stylized with leaf design) v. WeGrow (stylized with W design)
In re Nursecon, LLC
The Board affirmed the refusal to register NURSECON for arranging and conducting special events for social entertainment purposes, finding the mark merely descriptive because NURSE names…
88052194 · 2024-12-26 · NURSECON (standard characters)
In re Gail Weiss
The Board affirmed the refusal to register GABBY’S TABLE for computerized on-line retail store services featuring food, cookware, and culinary/lifestyle books, magazines and videos, because…
88621608 · 2024-07-31 · GABBY'S TABLE
Both SMARTLOCK trademark registrations were cancelled
In re Locus Link USA
The Board agreed with the USPTO that the registrations for “evaporative air coolers” were never actually used in commerce because the owner only used SMARTLOCK on connectors/fittings that…
Expungement No. 2022-100137E (Reg. No. 5376467) · 2024-07-01 · SMARTLOCK
Both SMARTLOCK trademark registrations were cancelled
In re Locus Link USA
The Board agreed with the USPTO that the registrations for “evaporative air coolers” were never actually used in commerce because the owner only used SMARTLOCK on connectors/fittings that…
Expungement No. 2022-100138E (Reg. No. 5376466) · 2024-07-01 · SMARTLOCK
Procedural ruling
Instagram, LLC v. Instagoods Pty Ltd
The Board combined Instagram’s challenge to the INSTAGOODS application with Instagoods' counter-challenge involving INSTA, and let Instagram question two Australian Instagoods executives…
Opposition No. 91266266 · 2023-10-11 · INSTAGOODS
Procedural ruling
Instagoods Pty Ltd v. Instagram, LLC
Instagoods' counter-challenge involving Instagram’s INSTA mark was combined with Instagram’s challenge to INSTAGOODS for shared handling; the schedule was reset and no winner was decided on…
Opposition No. 91285552 · 2023-10-11 · INSTA
In re National Concessions Group, Inc.
The Board refused BAKKED for an ‘essential oil dispenser’ because the product is actually a cannabis dabbing tool — federal drug-paraphernalia law makes it unlawful in commerce, and…
87168058 · 2023-05-03 · BAKKED (standard characters)
In re National Concessions Group, Inc.
The Board refused the teardrop logo used on the same cannabis dabbing tool as the BAKKED word mark: because the product is federal drug paraphernalia, no federal trademark registration is…
87183434 · 2023-05-03 · Stylized drop design mark -- "The mark consists of two parallel curved lines forming a teardrop, being wrapped around a smaller solid teardrop." Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
Major League Baseball Players Association v. Michael P. Chisena
The Board sustained the MLBPA’s opposition and refused registration of Michael Chisena’s HERE COMES THE JUDGE mark for t-shirts and other clothing, finding that MLBPA licensees sold apparel…
Opposition No. 91240180 · 2023-04-12 · HERE COMES THE JUDGE (standard characters, Serial No. 87528440) v. HERE COMES THE JUDGE and related common-law 'Judge Marks' (pleaded as JUDGE, alone and with other terms) used on licensed Aaron Judge apparel
Major League Baseball Players Association v. Michael P. Chisena
The Board sustained the MLBPA’s opposition and refused registration of Michael Chisena’s ALL RISE mark for t-shirts and other clothing, finding that MLBPA licensees sold ALL RISE apparel…
Opposition No. 91242556 · 2023-04-12 · ALL RISE (standard characters, Serial No. 87528414) v. ALL RISE and related common-law 'Judge Marks' (pleaded as ALL RISE, alone and with other terms) used on licensed Aaron Judge apparel
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