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... only several miles from the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the Church’s parishioners include both Illinois and Wisconsin residents. The Board cancelled the Church’s registrations. The Church appealed. The Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Court) reversed that decision, because “the Lanham Act defines ‘commerce’ as all activity regulable by Congress, and because the Church’s sale to an out-of-state resident fell within Congress’s power to regulate under the Commerce Clause....

On March 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in which the TTAB cancelled the registration of David Couture for the PLAYDOM service mark for entertainment services. CAFC agreed with the TTAB that actual rendering of services ...