Decisions · 87209946
In re Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.
Serial No. 87209946 · Decided 2018-05-16 · Other
What happened
The Board upheld the refusal to register RECOIL for medical and athletic cohesive tape, finding the word merely describes the tape’s ability to stretch and spring back to its original shape.
The marks
Applicant
RECOIL
"Tape and taping supplies for medical purposes, namely, medical cohesive tape," in International Class 5; "Tape and taping supplies for athletic purposes, namely, athletic cohesive tape," in International Class 28
Why this decision is significant
Precedential decision primarily notable for its evidentiary holding creating a mutual, timely-objection requirement for examining attorneys submitting noncompliant Internet evidence in ex parte cases; the descriptiveness finding itself applies well-settled law to straightforward facts.
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