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CAFC Hears Oral Argument Regarding Distinctiveness of Religious Habit

Yesterday, the CAFC held a lively oral argument in an appeal [2009-1432] from the Board's decision in Mary Queen of the Third Millennium, Inc. v. The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc., Opposition No. 91157073 (March 25, 2009) [not precedential]. [TTABlogged here]. An mp3 of the oral argument may be found here.Two feuding religious organizations had faced off before the TTAB in a dispute involving the registrability of the religious habit design shown above for "clothing, namely [a] ceremonial habit worn by distinguished religious representatives in certain ceremonies" and for "promoting public awareness of the need for healthy and religions families in the United States." The Board found the habit design neither inherently distinctive nor possessed of acquired distinctiveness, and so it sustained the opposition...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).