Tag Archives: Likelihood of confusion

Bayer Loses CTM Opposition

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Mathew Lombard

On 29 October 2015, OHIM’s Opposition Division of the Office dismissed Bayer’s opposition against registration of the mark SALOSPIR & Design (No. 012351458). Bayer opposed Uni-Pharma SA’s application for the mark SALOSPIR & Design for pharmaceutical preparations in Class 5 based on three … Continue reading →

AstraZeneca Asserts Its Purple Rights

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Mathew Lombard

**Update here** Global pharma giant AstraZeneca has asserted its rights to its purple trademark. AstraZeneca filed a complaint at the US District Court for the District of Delaware on 28 October, claiming Indian drug maker Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories’s generic version of Nexium … Continue reading →

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B&B Hardware: TTAB decisions to have preclusive effect in trademark litigation (sometimes)

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Darren Geliebter

In B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. (Supreme Court 2015), the Supreme Court held that Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decisions regarding likelihood of confusion have preclusive effect in subsequent district court infringement actions “[s]o long as the … Continue reading →