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TTAB Grants Request for Reconsideration; Hell Freezes Over; Cubs Win World Series

Okay, I exaggerated a bit. At least regarding the TTAB. Most requests for reconsideration are lame or feeble, or both. Here, the Board granted Applicant O'Rourke-Nicaud's request for reconsideration of a final refusal to register the mark shown below [GYM disclaimed], for health club services, on the ground of mere descriptiveness or deceptive misdescriptiveness. Prior to the Board's decision, Applicant had belatedly requested remand of the application to the Examining Attorney in order to amend the application to seek registration on the Supplemental Register. In re O?Rourke-Nicaud Ventures, L.L.C., Serial No. 77035443 (June 30, 2009) [not precedential].The request for remand was filed "very late" in the appeal process: after briefing had been completed...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).