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The TTAB (some members of it, at least) seems to have lost sight of the distinction between dictionary “descriptive” and the legal test for a mark being “merely descriptive.”
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<div>The TTAB found MENSTRUATION CRUSTACEAN -- in standard characters -- descriptive of heating pads . . . </div>
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<div>because the thing is shaped like a lobster and thus the word mark describes a feature of the product?!?!</div>
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<div>Sounds fishy to me.</div>
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<div>I wonder if the applicant will appeal to the Fed Circuit. I hope so.</div>
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