No. 19-53

Branded LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: descriptive-marks federal-circuit generic-marks lanham-act principal-register trademark-descriptive trademark-descriptiveness trademark-distinctiveness trademark-generic trademark-genericness trademark-infringement trademark-law trademark-protection trademark-registration trademark-trial-and-appeal-board
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Trademark Patent
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Circuit test impermissibly categorizes 'descriptive' marks as unprotectable 'generic' marks, on the basis of the mark describing the article of trade, its qualities, ingredients, or characteristics

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Federal Circuit test impermissibly categorizes “descriptive” marks as unprotectable “generic” marks, on the basis of the mark describing the article of trade, its qualities, ingredients, or characteristics. I. Whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board impermissibly ignored their holdings in prior registration, which had been litigated ex parte before registering to the principal register, when there is no evidence of changes in circumstances surrounding the mark, the market, or the relevant public.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
2019-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)

Attorneys

ANDREI IANCU, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
BRANDED LLC,
Rick Louis BrunnerThe Brunner Firm Co., LPA, Petitioner
Rick Louis BrunnerThe Brunner Firm Co., LPA, Petitioner