Convenient reference-with cites to U.S.P.Q. and unpublished decisions. Close to 20,000 comparisons are made among 5,000 products and services in this unique, quick-reference manual that helps you determine whether a particular pair of products or services was held to be similar or dissimilar. Citations are to cases in U.S. Patents Quarterly and to unpublished decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users: U.S. Patents Quarterly (First Edition)

Francis M. Pinckney

Intellectual Property

Bna Books

The biggest problem facing trademark attorneys who deal with selecting new trademarks, prosecuting trademark applications in the PTO, or litigating trademark rights is determining whether a client s mark used to identify a particular product might be confusingly similar to another similar mark used to identify other products.BNA Books Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users is the only desktop reference that guides practitioners through the TTAB s findings on similarity of products for trademark uses and it has been for two decades. And now, the long-awaited Second Edition of this handy reference covers 77 years of Board decisions and lets you search many of them electronically with an accompanying CD.Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users, Second Edition contains over 27,000 product comparisons by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), covering the Board s decisions since 1931. Included in the book are citations for every comparison, so decisions can easily be found in U.S. Patents Quarterly, in the OfficialGazette, or on the PTO Web site.All of the terms and comparisons from the book are provided on an accompanying CD-ROM, so that these comparisons are instantly searchable by product, class number, finding, or citation.To help practitioners do the most complete search possible of similar products, the authors have analyzed the findings of the courts and/or the Board in order to impose editorial uniformity on the descriptions of products listed in the cases and has assigned U.S. Class numbers to each product. The products are then aggregated by Class number so that users can review these Class listings to more easily find synonymous product terms and closely similar products that were discussed in other cases and which may have a bearing on the issue in question.Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users is a convenient and readily accessible source of data that will be useful in trademark infringement proceedings and for trademark registration matters. This data will permit the user to identify and locate virtually all decided cases which have compared products of interest to the user, with other products for trademark purposes. Citations are provided for all such cases. The user s review of the Board decisions will provide a basis for making an informed judgment about whether two products, each identified by the same or similar marks, are confusingly similar in the context of trademark infringement or trademark registration.

Products Comparison Manual For Trademark Users, 2nd Edition

Bureau Of National Affairs

More Than 83,000 Product Comparisons and Their Citations The Third Edition contains more than 83,000 product comparisons, decided by the courts and TTAB. It also includes citations for every comparison, making it easy to find decisions on the Patent and Trademark Office website or in Bloomberg BNA s U.S. Patents Quarterly. Complete Analysis and Editorial Uniformity To help practitioners conduct the most complete search possible of similar products, the authors have analyzed the findings of the courts and/or the Board in order to impose editorial uniformity on the descriptions of products listed in the cases and have assigned U.S. Class numbers to each product. The Third Edition covers TTAB proceedings through December, 2012, including 3,300 comparisons from that year alone. Searchable CD-ROM, with Data Spanning 84 Years of TTAB Action, Allows Electronic Searching and Linking The accompanying CD-ROM fully incorporates the new data from each annual update into the Third Edition, providing one seamless data file spanning 84 years of TTAB action. Virtually all of the product comparisons are provided on the CD-ROM, allowing for electronic searching and linking, in most cases, to the full text decisions either on the PTO s TTAB Decisions website or, for Bloomberg BNA subscribers, on the IP Resource Center.

Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users, Third Edition, with CD-ROM

David R. Higgins

Bloomberg BNA

"The new Fourth Edition of this essential trademark resource guides practitioners through the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) and the federal courts' findings on similarity of products for trademark registration and enforcement. Trademark practitioners who are investigating similarity or dissimilarity of goods at issue can determine, quickly and easily, whether there are any decided cases that have compared with other products the products under consideration by the user, and can find citationsfor all such cases. The book compiles and indexes 88 years of TTAB and federal court decisions on product comparisons and whether likelihood of confusion was found, and allows practitioners to search the book's entire contents electronically on an accompanying CD-ROM. To help practitioners conduct the most complete and efficient search possible of similar products, the authors have analyzed the findings of the courts and/or the Board in order to impose editorial uniformity on the descriptions of productslisted in the cases and have assigned U.S. Class numbers to each product. The Fourth Edition covers TTAB proceedings and court decisions from 1929 through December 2016, and contains more than 90,000 product comparisons, including approximately 1500 comparisons from 2016 alone. The Fourth Edition has been extensively reviewed to refine and reorganize the descriptions and reduce duplicate entries to make it the most complete and effective reference possible. It also includes citations for every comparison, making it easy to find decisions on the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) website or in Bloomberg BNA's U.S. Patents Quarterly"--

Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users, Fourth Edition

Bloomberg Law

Products Comparison Manual for Trademark Users, Fourth Edition, 2019 Cumulative Supplement

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