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MILLENNIAL FALCON for Live Entertainment Services Confusable with Star Wars' MILLENNIUM FALCON, Says TTAB

In an case decided under the ACR regime, the Board sustained Lucasfilm's opposition to registration of MILLENNIAL FALCON for live entertainment and production services, finding confusion likely with the mark MILLENNIUM FALCON, registered for toy vehicles and used for a entertainment services, sound recordings, live musical concerts, films, television programs, computer and video games, comic books, amusement parks, games, and clothing. Pro se Applicant Ilan Moskowitz, a/k/a Captain Contingency, argued that his mark is used as "a parody of, and satirical comment on, corporate culture, and in particular the culture of the entertainment behemoth, Disney," which he claimed "swallowed the entire Star Wars franchise in the preceding years." As usual, the Board rejected the parody argument, but the claim of parody allowed the Captain to avoid a finding of bad faith adoption under the 13th du Pont factor...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on October 19, 2020 (boomark / email).