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In re National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, Inc.
The Board refused to register VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST as a certification mark for veterinary medicine services because the phrase simply describes a veterinary technician who…
87171093 · 2019-07-19 · VETERINARY TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST
In re Society of Health and Physical Educators
The Board refused SHAPE XXXX (where XXXX stands for any U.S. state name or Puerto Rico) for an educators' association’s materials and services because one application may only seek…
87107590 · 2018-08-16 · SHAPE XXXX (standard characters; per Applicant's miscellaneous statement, as amended, "The 'XXXX' in the mark denotes the unabbreviated name of a state of the United States and Puerto Rico," clarified by the Board to mean a single state name or Puerto Rico, not multiple state names)
In re University of Miami
The University of Miami won its appeal: the Board reversed both refusals and allowed its ibis mascot design mark (an ibis wearing a hat and sweater) to proceed toward registration in…
86616382 · 2017-06-06 · Design mark -- ibis wearing a hat and a sweater (university mascot 'Sebastian the Ibis'; color not claimed)
In re Emergency Alert Solutions Group, LLC
The Board split its ruling: it upheld the refusal to register LOCKDOWN ALARM for school and building safety-training services because the term is commonly used to name a type of emergency…
86890565 · 2017-03-30 · LOCKDOWN ALARM
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