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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 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
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
In re MK Diamond Products, Inc.
The Board upheld refusal to register the curved-cut-out shape on the edge of MK Diamond’s circular saw blades as a trademark, finding the curve serves a practical, functional purpose…
86813875 · 2020-07-27 · Product configuration mark consisting of a circular saw blade comprising the curved portion of a repeating slot design around the circumference of the goods (portions shown in broken lines are not part of the mark)
In re Olin Corporation
The Board upheld the refusal to register OLIN for industrial chemicals, finding that OLIN is primarily merely a surname and that the applicant did not provide sufficient evidence that the…
86651083 · 2017-09-22 · OLIN
In re Change Wind Corp.
The Board refused Change Wind Corp.'s application to register the three-dimensional shape of its vertical-axis wind turbine — four twisting wings straddling a cone-topped cylindrical tower…
86046590 · 2017-07-20 · Three-dimensional product configuration of a wind-powered turbine: four vertically extending turbine wings, obliquely curved in a twisting (helical) manner, straddling a vertically extending cylindrical base that tapers at its upper end into a truncated cone (design-only configuration mark; Section 2(f) claimed)
Refusal affirmed
In re Loggerhead Tools, LLC
The Board found Loggerhead’s animated motion mark showing its six-jaw ‘Bionic Wrench’ gripping motion to be functional product design that cannot be registered for hand tools, because the…
85700986 · 2016-06-30 · Motion mark depicting the product configuration of a hand tool in which six rectangular-shaped jaw-like elements of the circular head of a hand tool radially move in and out, symmetrically converging and diverging in a mechanical iris-type motion (broken/dotted lines not part of the mark, showing position/placement only)
Refusal upheld
In re Heatcon, Inc.
The control-panel configuration of Heatcon’s composite-repair hot bonder was found dictated by function rather than source identity, and functional product shapes cannot be registered even…
85281360 · 2015-09-29 · 3D product configuration of HCS9200M Composite Repair Set user interface
Refusal affirmed
In re C. H. Hanson Company
The Board found that C.H. HANSON for hand tools (pliers, snips, squares, chalk line reels and sharpening tools) is too similar to the already-registered mark HANSON for wrenches and…
77983232 · 2015-09-23 · C.H. HANSON v. HANSON
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