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The US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Board of Appeals affirmed a refusal of an application for the trademark TIME TRAVELER BLONDE for beer over the prior mark TIME TRAVELER for “beer, ale and lager” despite the consent by the owner of the cited mark. In re Bay State Brewing Company, Inc., Serial No. 85826258 (February 25, 2016) [precedential] (http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/ttabvue-85826258-EXA-8.pdf). Generally, consent agreements can be an efficient path to registration in...

... drink the Champagne as the victor. ""Beer [or wine?] is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"" Ben Franklin The Sputnik Blog® does not often discuss TTAB decisions, and even less frequently write about ex parte appeals. (An ex parte appeal is essentially a dispute between the owner of a refused trademark application and USPTO examiner.) However, one recent TTAB case caught my attention. The USPTO refused registration of the mark REUBEN’S BREWS & Design ...