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TTAB Hot Stove League: Five MLB Teams Oppose the Mark "B." for Children's Books

Five Major League Baseball clubs have teamed up to jointly oppose registration of the mark B. (in standard character form) for children's books, claiming likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d) and false association under Section 2(a) in view of various "B" marks (shown below) that they allegedly own. Can you guess what five teams are involved? Well, one is the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta National League Baseball Club, et. al. v. Battat Incorporated, Opposition No. 91196839.Each opposer claims that its marks (segregated by row above) has been used for a variety of goods, some of them including printed material. Each claims that because Applicant Battat's mark is in standard character form, it would encompass stylization similar to each Opposer's marks...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on November 23, 2010 (boomark / email).