TTAB cuts down fruit breeder TM bid

24-11-2022

Staff Writer

TTAB cuts down fruit breeder TM bid

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Conflict with name of patents for grapes and cherries prompts denial | If permitted, mark would “impede free use in the marketplace of a varietal denomination” following the patent’s expiration.


TTAB, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, International Fruit Genetics, plant varieties, trademark registration, plant patents, IFG, plant variety protection

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