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Precedential No. 45: TTAB Finds "NANDRIVE" Generic for Electronic Integrated Circuits

In yet another genericness case, the Board affirmed a refusal to register the term NANDRIVE, finding it generic for "electronic integrated circuits." Alternatively, it found the term to be merely descriptive and lacking in acquired distinctiveness. In re Greenliant Systems, Ltd., Serial No. 78724139 (November 29, 2010) [precedential].Examining Attorney Kelley L. Wells relied on a number of Internet web pages and dictionary definitions in contending that "applicant?s electronic integrated circuits are memory storage devices which utilize NAND flash memory technology or are flash memory drives. The applicant?s goods are NAND drives."The Board found the genus of the goods to be "electronic integrated circuits," and further that this genus encompasses solid state flash memory drives...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on December 10, 2010 (boomark / email).