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<p>A good illustration of this concept is yesterday's TTABlog report
on whether "Buckeye" is a geographic identifier for Ohio. The
examining attorney said yes but the TTAB said no. Make sure to
read John's comment.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttab-reverses-2e2-geographical.html">http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttab-reverses-2e2-geographical.html</a></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/3/2025 11:05 AM, Edward Timberlake
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to say parts of names aren't names, but one could perhaps
imagine a situation (depending on the chefs, and the names,
and . . . everything) where a mark made from parts of two
names might reasonably be expected to identify two
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 1:55\u202fPM
Orvis via E-trademarks <<a
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restaurant name formed from parts of two people's names
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<p>Jul 3, 2025 1:37:00 PM Dale Quisenberry via
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is no, but curious to know if there is any rule or
case on this that others may know about.</span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 3 July 2025 at
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<b>Cc: </b>Esther Lee <<a
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<b>Subject: </b>[E-trademarks] Living
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was formed by taking one to two syllables
from two chefs' names, as stated on the
website. If a restaurant owner wants to
trademark the business name, does he need
to include written consent from the two
chefs in the application?</span></p>
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