Articles Tagged with USPTO

The shoe company moved closer to trademarking "SNKRS," the name of its smartphone app, after a victory at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.


Snap argues that the name "Spectacles" qualifies for protection because consumers have begun to associate the name with its product, but the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has consistently disagreed.


The Court determined that internet companies can trademark the combination of a generic word and ".com" if the combination has acquired a secondary meaning.