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... Board’s (TTAB) decision in adidas AG v. Christian Faith Fellowship Church, Cancellation No. 92053314 (September 14, 2015) [not precedential]. In the underlying TTAB proceeding, adidas sought to cancel the Church’s ADD A ZERO trademark registrations on three grounds and prevailed on one of them. The Church was selling hats and t-shirts out of its bookstore located in the basement. The Board held that the Church’s documented sale of two marked hats to an out-of-state resident were ...

... anything but possible. Under In re Bose, fraud must be proven with clear and convincing evidence. A false statement made with a reasonable and honest belief of its truth is not fraud. There must be an "intent to mislead the USPTO into issuing a registration to which the applicant was not otherwise entitled." This is a very tough standard to meet. Nationstar gives a fact scenario when you should be able to meet that standard and prove fraud. Let’s consider the facts in Nationstar....

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