Last Month at the Federal Circuit
Last Month at the Federal Circuit

October 2012

Looking Ahead

This month, in In re Miracle Tuesday, LLC, No. 11-1373 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB’s refusal to register the mark JPK PARIS 75 and design in connection with sunglasses, wallets, purses, suitcases, belts, and shoes.  The Court held that the mark could not be registered, because it was “primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive under Section 2(e)(3) of the Lanham Act.”  Slip op. at 2.

Read the full summary of the Court’s decision in next month’s edition of Last Month at the Federal Circuit.