The ongoing saga between two of the Bay Area’s major airports continues as Oakland International Airport (OAK) filed an appeal on December 12, 2024, on the order for preliminary injunction granted to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) by a federal district judge ordering it to desist from using “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport,” which …
Category: descriptiveness
Fed Circuit Watch: TTAB Fails Genericness Test
In a rare review of a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) case, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the decision in Royal Crown Co., Inc. v. The Coca-Cola Co.,[1] involving the doctrine of trademark genericism. The Fed Circuit panel found fault with the TTAB’s analysis of the test for …